Mr. Richter is a journalist at work on a book about the history of corporate Germany. He wrote from Berlin. It’s been a grim election season in Germany. Spanning the harsh winter months ...

While the United States and most of the European Union have shrugged off the pandemic recession and restarted their economic engines, Germany remains idled. Its economy shrank slightly in 2024 ...

As US and Russian officials meet about the war in Ukraine - without Ukraine - European leaders are feeling similarly sidelined. Meanwhile, Germany’s controversial far-right party could make ...

But the world has changed dramatically since then, with Trump’s return to the White House presenting the latest challenge for Germany’s all-important exporters. “A world in which free trade ...

In the wake of Trump’s victory—and his administration’s transformation from staunch ally to sneering adversary—Germany’s firewall against the far right is beginning to crack. Berlin ...

It is the 630-member Bundestag that will elect the next chancellor, Germany’s equivalent of a prime minister. There are 29 parties on the ballot, but it’s likely that between five and eight of ...

Tech billionaire Elon Musk made a surprise virtual appearance during Germany’s Alternative for Germany (AfD) election campaign event in Halle in eastern Germany on Saturday, as thousands of ...

The unemployment rate in Germany reached its highest level since February 2015 at the start of the year, according to new data from the Federal Employment Agency (BA). From December to January ...

Migration at center of debate before February 23 election Weidel began her address on migration, a topic that has moved to the forefront of the electoral campaign, especially this week in Germany ...

Ashley Alatorre, Isabella Albert, Jayla Albrecht, Payten Apland, Scarlet Armendariz, Kayla Avalos-Salas, Riley Belsha, Alexis Bingen, Brooklynn Borchardt, Elizabeth ...

His latest book is “In Search of Berlin,” published by Atlantic. He is a regular POLITICO columnist. Germany has fallen into a deep funk. Friedrich Merz — the man set to become the next chancellor — ...

INGOLSTADT, Germany—Christian Scharpf, the mayor of this city of 140,000, Germany’s second richest, is looking for ways to save close to €100 million. Carmaker Audi, headquartered here ...