As the Bundestag meets for its first session since the election, we give you the rundown of what you need to know — from nepo ...

The center-right and center-left parties have ended their first round of talks on time. Despite news of "good progress," ...

A bold move by Germany’s prime minister-in-waiting Friedrich Merz to ease longstanding caps on government spending has won ...

Differences remain between Germany's traditional parties as they seek to form a government in Berlin, a leading conservative ...

The SPD has long sought to change the country's Basic Law to weaken the "debt brake" - a strict rule prohibiting budget financing with new debt above a certain level ...

Many other democracies have is a central figure to lead the opposition party – and deliver a counter-narrative to the party ...

Mount Union Professor Nicole Johnson's book gives 'Faithful Witness in a Fractured World," with focus on how we got where we ...

Rauch said religion has merged with political and cultural forces, and this politicization has contributed to both the ...

The consensus view is Europe remains hindered by turmoil in core Germany and France and a trade war with the U.S., given ...

The conservative bloc, consisting of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), the Christian Social Union (CSU), and the Social Democratic Party (SPD), spearheaded the initiative to lift restrictions on f ...

The prospective next German government's plans to enable higher defense spending by loosening strict debt rules and to set up ...

German voters have had their say. Now their verdict is being turned into reality underneath the glass dome of Berlin’s landmark Reichstag building. Workers on Wednesday rearranged the blue seats in ...