It was a defining image of the Merkel years: the German chancellor leaning across a table at the G7 summit in 2018, looming over Donald Trump as the rest of the world’s leaders looked on. Angela Merkel, the photo seemed to indicate, was the adult in the room.

Germany as a whole isn’t currently seen as a driving force for peace policy in Europe, and honestly that pains me,” Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock told POLITICO.

Chancellor hopeful Friedrich Merz has concluded a nuclear energy revival in Germany is unrealistic, despite his party's long-standing criticism of the timing of the country's nuclear phase-out.

Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Friday laid out his vision to revitalise Germany's ailing economy at a campaign event in the historic home base of crisis-hit auto titan Volkswagen.

Trump’s incoming administration could create certain risks for Germany, including putting more pressure on its weak economy.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is under mounting pressure ahead of next month's snap election as the country's economy shrinks for a second year in a row.

US billionaire Elon Musk, a close adviser to US President-elect Donald Trump, again voiced his full-throated endorsement of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) in a live talk with AfD politician Alice Weidel on Thursday evening.

The tech billionaire has faced a vocal backlash after backing far-right movement shunned by mainstream parties

An empty reservoir and dry fire hydrants are now the symbols of California and local officials' response to the horrific Pacific Palisades wildfire—one of six Santa Ana windblown firestorms still burning in Los Angeles. Gov. Gavin Newsom has ordered an…

As Angela Merkel, the longtime former chancellor of Germany, said in November 2024, the looming second Trump presidency “is a challenge to the world, especially for multilateralism.”

As Germany continues to debate what it means to be German, the outcome of the current coalition negotiations will determine whether Merkel's next government confronts these challenges effectively. If it does, Merkel will be remembered as the architect of a new German society.

MADRID - The European project has always had its fault lines, but they have rarely caused earthquakes. That is thanks largely to Germany, which has p