Last week, as 1,023 West German electors met in West Berlin’s cavernous East Prussia Hall and by a narrow margin selected Socialist Gustav Heinemann to succeed retiring President Heinrich Lübke ...

BERLIN — Friedrich Merz's historic spending plan for Germany hinges on the cooperation of a party many of his conservatives have often derided. It's the Greens — the defeated, center-left party that ...

An official report on the state of the German military painted a grim picture on Tuesday, with a whopping 28% of positions among the lower enlisted ranks unfilled as of the end of 2024.

Germany's new coalition government is shifting energy policy, potentially rolling back ambitious climate targets. The government plans a €500 billion infrastructure fund to upgrade the nation's ...

(Kay Nietfeld/dpa via AP) BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s Greens, whose support is needed for the prospective next government’s plans to loosen debt rules for defense spending and draw up a huge ...

Hundreds of flights have been cancelled across Germany as airport workers stage a nationwide strike over pay, posing a major disruption for air travellers. The industrial action, led by the trade ...

Simply sign up to the German economy myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. The German government could take on just under €2tn in debt over the next decade without running the risk of ...

Germany's foreign intelligence service (BND) President Bruno Kahl speaks at the opening of the extension to the BND Visitor Center. Britta Pedersen/dpa 31,170 people played the daily Crossword ...

It was essential to say just that during the Cold War. West Germany was the frontline state, and it had no nuclear weapons. The Germans were deeply concerned that the U.S. would not use its ...

BERLIN—President Trump’s embrace of Russia is causing Europeans to rethink their security and giving currency to an idea the U.S. has long sought to avoid: a nuclear-armed Germany. Friedrich ...

By Christopher F. Schuetze Reporting from Berlin Five people have been sentenced to prison over what the authorities in Germany described as a plot to kidnap the country’s health minister on ...