In Germany, as elsewhere, "democracy" means whatever the ruling class says it means. Often, that means banning dissident political parties.

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

The opposition leader is expected to be Germany’s next chancellor. No one knows if he has what it takes to steer his country ...

In countries across Europe, nativist far-right political parties have dramatically expanded their vote share in recent years, ...

German opposition leader and chancellor-hopeful Friedrich Merz is scheduled to meet U.S. Vice President JD Vance for ...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel warned Hamas yesterday that if it did not release hostages as scheduled on Saturday, Israeli troops would resume “intense fighting” in Gaza. Hamas had said ...

Inciting hatred against migrants, rearmament, and cuts in social provisions stood at the centre of the recent prime-time ...

Chancellor Olaf Scholz has accused his main rival in Germany’s upcoming election of “constant about turns,” while Friedrich ...

Dogged by protesters, but apparently safe from damage in the polls, Friedrich Merz is putting a failed immigration gambit ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz used his likely final statement in parliament before the election to intensify his attacks on ...

They line up by the hundreds to meet recruiters at schools in provincial towns and convention halls in large cities, some ...

BERLIN — Angst (a German word) is spreading across the Bundesrepublik. Amid talk that the country is the “ sick man of Europe ...