Angela Merkel, who last month published her memoirs on her 16 years as German chancellor, was a great tactician. But she was dead wrong on many of the strategic questions hurled at Germany during

Video: Act of the 70th birthday of former Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel Friedrich Merz will be the joint candidate for chancellor of the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian sister party,

Elon Musk, the billionaire whose support for Donald Trump has given him the president-elect's ear, is throwing his support behind Alternative for Germany (AfD), a far-right party that critics describe as xenophobic, extremist and perhaps even a successor to the Nazi Party.

Friedrich Merz is a longtime rival of Angela Merkel who has tried to move their party back to the right.

With voters going to the polls in February, the tragedy ramps up concerns about security. A driver plowed a car at high speed into crowds of people at a Christmas market in the eastern German city of Magdeburg, adding further tension to an election campaign already riven by a bitter debate over migration.

Outside Germany, Germany is still intact. I often find this when I travel. Outside Germany, Germany is still a car country, home to a flourishing economy. Outside Germany, Germany is still a prosperous country,

Europe’s largest economy and normally a pillar of stability is facing snap elections next year after Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost a vote of confidence.

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk waded into international politics, endorsing the right-wing Alternative fur Deutschland party ahead of Germany‘s February 2025 elections. AfD is broadly considered a right-wing or far-right party.

U.S. billionaire Elon Musk said Friday said "only" the far-right Alternative for Germany party, currently running second in German polls with around 19% support nationwide, can "save" the country.

As one of Europe's biggest suppliers of electricity, Sweden is seeing red over Germany's energy policy, which it says ends up punishing Swedish consumers.

Nearly a decade after hundreds of thousands of Syrians arrived in Germany, many are now well-integrated and settled in jobs — and tens of thousands have gained German citizenship.