Independent justices preside over Germany's Federal Constitutional Court. Germany's more than 20,000 judges are not "bound by ...

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) is now Germany’s largest opposition group and even topped several opinion polls – ...

Germany's far-right lawmakers vowed to dress smartly, minimise parliamentary cat-calling, and signed up to a short manifesto ...

Chancellor Merz may find it difficult to maintain the generous social welfare regime that Germans have benefitted from for decades.

Commerzbank's Chief Economist Jörg Krämer discusses Germany's outlook as the country's parliament prepares to vote on overhauling the national fiscal policy.

Germany’s political system is set up to exclude extremists. Yet the country is waking up to a new political reality that has lurched to the right with the once outcast Alternative for Germany ...

The current political earthquake around the world has led to greater focus on Germany and its role in NATO, the EU and global politics. Given that the recent German federal election and Germany's ...

Germany has made progress in renewable energy, but its green transition faces challenges of slow advancements in transport ...

While policymakers did not manage German banks in a command-and-control way, the banking system “might as well have been run by politicians.” Münchau documents a stunning degree of collusion between ...

In Germany, Europe’s economic powerhouse and political center of gravity, Musk’s commentary roiled the political establishment — and drew expressions of glee from supporters of the AfD ...

Whatever the outcome of Germany’s election on Sunday, there’s no easy solution for the country’s deep structural problems. Aging infrastructure, a surplus of red tape and an energy crisis ...

The political system in Germany loves consensus and has a weakness for the lowest common denominator. Sunday's result, however, is a wake-up call for Germany if the Federal Republic is to regain ...