Germany's constitution stipulates that the state should only spend as much as it collects. But as the budget deficit grows, some parties are calling for reform.

This same incrementalism runs through much of what Mr Merz says. Even if talks between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin lead ...

Alternative for Germany appears to be heading for its strongest national election result yet this month and has become a ...

German investigators say a doctor in Berlin who was first arrested in August on suspicion of killing four elderly patients is now suspected of killing a total of 10 patients and, in five cases, trying ...

Many AfD members have in the past called for an end to Germany’s “cult of guilt” over the Holocaust. And Weidel herself, ...

Germany's parliamentary body, the Bundestag, has dismissed an opposition-led draft law intended to tighten immigration policy, averting cooperation with the far-right for the first time in modern ...

In a crucial political juncture, Germany's mainstream parties engaged in intense negotiations on Friday to prevent a landmark shift in legislative power involving far-right influence. The debate ...

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Rob Schmitz is NPR's international correspondent based in Berlin, where he covers the human ... Schmitz has covered Germany's levelheaded management of the COVID-19 pandemic, the rise of right-wing ...