The class of lawmakers taking office is noticeably more male and less diverse than the constituents it will represent.

Calls to reinstate compulsory military service are growing louder in Berlin's political circles. But is drafting thousands of ...

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) took up its largest-ever share of the seats as Germany's new parliament met for ...

The parties seeking to build a new coalition government under Friedrich Merz are making slow progress in their negotiations.

The largest bloc of far-right lawmakers elected to a German parliament since 1945 will take up their seats on Tuesday when a ...

Germany's new parliament sits for the first time on Tuesday with a reduced headcount, fewer women and a record number of ...

Germany has paved the way a massive increase in defense spending. What does the Bundeswehr need most urgently?

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz declared in 2022 that Germany was undertaking a societal and political sea change on national security matters. The word he used for this sea change in thinking, ...

German dependence on China and its foolhardy energy policies have brought low what was once an economic colossus. With ...

I met a political pariah. Beatrix von Storch is deputy leader in the German Bundestag of the ultraconservative Alternative for Germany, or AfD. Although the AfD last month became the parliament ...

Germany’s foreign minister has reopened its embassy in Damascus, 13 years after it was shut in the early days of Syria’s civil war.