Search Results: Germany

04.09.2025, 15:55

Germany to Get New Leader: CDU/CSU and SPD Strike Deal

After extended back-and-forth, Germany's center-right CDU/CSU and center-left SPD have finally hammered out a coalition agreement. Friedrich Merz is likely to be the country's next chancellor.

04.09.2025, 10:45

Germany Nears Coalition Deal as Merz Prepares to Lead

Merz has faced mounting criticism from within his own party over what some see as excessive concessions to the SPD.

03.21.2025, 11:45

EU Uneasy Over Germany’s Spending Splurge

Germany’s €1 trillion spending plan alarms EU partners, who fear unfair competition from Berlin’s subsidies to strategic industries and defense.

03.10.2025, 11:30

Germany Airport Strikes Affect Over 500,000 Travelers Monday

Further strikes are expected to impact public sector services across Germany later this week, as tensions between Verdi and government negotiators remain high

03.07.2025, 13:00

Trump’s Embrace of Putin Has Germany Thinking of Nuclear Weapons

The travails of the Western alliance have injected urgency into a debate about homegrown alternatives to the U.S. nuclear umbrella

By Bertrand Benoit, the Wall Street Journal

Trump’s Embrace of Putin Has Germany Thinking of Nuclear Weapons

03.07.2025, 09:45

Green Aegean Interconnector: Revival of Energy Link of Germany with Greece

The estimated budget stands at 8.1 billion euros, with completion targeted for late 2035.

03.04.2025, 15:30

How Germany’s AfD Harnessed Social Media

The far-right group has learned to communicate in a country where traditional media no longer shape public opinion

By Tom Fairless, The Wall Street Journal

How Germany’s AfD Harnessed Social Media

02.24.2025, 09:15

PM Mitsotakis Congratulates Friedrich Merz as Germany’s Next Chancellor

Athens is particularly interested in the policies the new German government will pursue on migration, as they will have a direct impact on Greece.

02.22.2025, 10:00

Why Germany’s Confidence Is Shattered and Its Economy Is Kaput

Historians and economists say risk-averse leadership is holding back Europe’s largest economy.

By Bertrand Benoit, The Wall Street Journal

Why Germany’s Confidence Is Shattered and Its Economy Is Kaput

02.21.2025, 15:30

Polls: Germany’s Election Set to Shift Country to the Right

Polls for Germany’s snap elections show conservatives leading and the far-right gaining ground.

02.17.2025, 08:15

Germany Votes, Greece Watches: Germany’s Political Foundations and the Bundestag Elections

Until recently, all German political foundations maintained offices in Greece.

Ronald Meinardus

Germany Votes, Greece Watches: Germany’s Political Foundations and the Bundestag Elections

02.15.2025, 09:00

Meet the Blue-Collar Voters Making Germany’s AfD Mainstream

Far-right party walks in the steps of the MAGA movement by courting support in depressed, diverse industrial towns once dominated by the left

By Bertrand Benoit, The Wall Street Journal

Meet the Blue-Collar Voters Making Germany’s AfD Mainstream

12.27.2024, 15:15

Germany Opened Its Doors to Migrants. Now It’s Struggling to Cope.

Even before Christmas market attack, nation was straining under influx; economy needs new workers

By Bertrand Benoit, The Wall Street Journal

Germany Opened Its Doors to Migrants. Now It’s Struggling to Cope.

12.21.2024, 12:30

Elon Musk Backs Germany’s Far-Right Party in a Week of Political Firestorms

With a few tweets this week Elon Musk slammed the brakes on U.S. congress’s attempts to avert a government shutdown, and also threw his weight behind Germany’s far right political party.

12.20.2024, 22:00

Germany – Car Plows Into Crowd at Magdeburg Christmas Market

CNN, BBC cited two victims, other unconfirmed reports claimed they were as high as 11; dozens are injured, according to media reports from Magdeburg

12.16.2024, 18:14

Chancellor Olaf Scholz Loses Confidence Vote – Germany Headed to Early Elections

Germany is headed to early elections, after German Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost a vote of confidence in parliament on Monday. The elections are set to take place on February 23. The German Chancellor headed a minority government after a three-party coalition collapsed in November. His lame-duck government passed bills in the Bundestag (German Parliament) through […]

12.11.2024, 11:30

Reuters: Germany’s Scholz to Request Confidence Vote Wednesday

If Scholz loses the vote, he will join the group of four chancellors who have called for confidence votes after World War II.

12.02.2024, 13:00

Germany: VW Workers Strike Over Wage and Job Security Disputes

"How long and how intensive this confrontation needs to be is Volkswagen's responsibility at the negotiating table," said IG Metall’s spokesperson, Groeger, on Sunday