Germany

Markus Soeder, Friedrich Merz, Lars Klingbeil, and Saskia Esken after reaching a coalition agreement, on April 9. Photo: Liesa Johannssen/Bloomberg
Europe

Germany wants to be a military powerhouse. Can it pull it off?

The agreement amounts to a sweeping and historic overhaul of Germany’s approach to defense

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Foreign Policy

German business delegation in city; sees economic potential

Saul Luciano Lliuya, who is pursuing a lawsuit against German energy utility RWE, whose emissions he says have contributed to the melting of Andean glaciers, swelling a lake above his hometown to dangerous levels, is pictured in his home, in Huaraz, Peru March 2, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Angela Ponce/File Photo
Climate Change

Peruvian farmer takes German energy giant RWE to court in landmark climate case

Fire service and police vehicles block the road near the scene after a car drove into a crowd, in Mannheim, Germany, March 3, 2025. REUTERS/Alfio Marino
Europe

Car drives into crowd in German city of Mannheim, killing two

Members of the Cologne Dreigestirn Hendrik Ermen as Maiden (Jungfrau), Rene Kloever as Prince, and Michael Samm as Peasant (Bauer) perform at a Carnival session, in Cologne, Germany February 13, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Jana Rodenbusch/File Photo
Europe

German police on alert after Islamic State calls for carnival attacks

German conservative candidate for chancellor and Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party leader Friedrich Merz stands next to Bavarian state premier and leader of the Christian Social Union (CSU) Markus Soeder after the exit poll results are announced for the 2025 general election, in Berlin, Germany, February 23, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
Europe

German election victor Merz plans pivot from US as coalition talks loom

Anti right-wing activists protest against an AfD event in Hohenschoenhausen, Berlin, Germany, February 22, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Christian Mang
Europe

Germans start voting, polls suggest shift to right

Alternative for Germany party co-leader Alice Weidel addresses supporters an AfD election campaign rally in Neu-Isenburg, Germany, February 1, 2025. PhotoL REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach/File Photo
Europe

Germany's far-right AfD is shut out from power for now, but waiting in the wings

Elon Musk makes a digital appearance at a rally for the German far-right party, AFD. Screengrab: AFP
Europe

Germany's far-right AfD basks in spotlight of Musk support

Image of International trade fair Ambiente 2020. Photo: Collected
Industry

40 leading Bangladeshi companies to showcase products at Ambiente 2025 in Frankfurt

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz attends Startup Germany Summit, in Berlin, Germany, September 17, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Liesa Johannssen/File Photo
Europe

Germany's Scholz calls Trump's Gaza resettlement plans unacceptable

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk speaks on-screen during a central election campaign event of the Alternative for Germany party (AfD) in Halle (Saale), Germany, January 25, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Karina Hessland
Europe

Elon Musk appears on video at German far right campaign event

US President-elect Donald Trump speaks at Turning Point USA's AmericaFest in Phoenix, Arizona, US, December 22, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Cheney Orr/File Photo
USA

German ambassador warns of Trump plan to redefine constitutional order, document shows