Germany

It is the EU, rather than any particular German political party, that emerges as the big winner of the emerging government in Berlin.

Germany’s effort to confront Hitler’s crimes was halting at first, but today the Germans have accomplished a major feat: collective acceptance of moral...

Germany is in need of a reset to piece together its fragmented political system. A snap election could usher in an era of new political leadership and give the...

Describing the AfD as antidemocratic obscures real problems with German democracy that predate the AfD—and to which it arose as a response.

In most of Europe, the anniversary of the start of World War II was little more than a historical curio. But in Poland, the place where the conflict began,...

The Alternative for Germany could drag German politics deeper into a single-minded focus on the supposed dangers of immigration and Islam.

After a bad loss in Sunday's election, the Social Democratic Party is entering Germany's opposition instead of joining a grand coalition with Merkel's Christian...

Merkel now needs to think all the more carefully about her legacy, regardless of what kind of coalition government emerges in Berlin.

Whoever leads Germany in the coming years and how this person responds to some of the most important challenges hanging over today’s tenuous political landscape...

Since it’s a virtually foregone conclusion that Angela Merkel and her Christian Democrats will nail down a fourth term, there is copious speculation over the...

U.S. Donald Trump and his policies have become easy fodder for German candidates looking to pick up votes in this month's election.

The Hartz Reforms did tackle weaknesses in Germany’s labor markets and benefits system. But they were not the main reason for the country’s subsequent economic...

Despite the recent European Parliament resolution halting talks, because of their mutual need of one another, neither Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan nor the...

For too long Germany has taken a free ride on the world built by the United States. Now, it has no choice but to act to preserve the liberal order.

Angela Merkel must now exit the international stage and start speaking to German voters in a quest to be reelected for a fourth term.

After Syrians, Afghans represent the second-largest group of asylum seekers in Germany. Yet Afghans are far less likely to be granted refugee status than their...

Recent cyberattacks against Germany match the pattern of earlier attacks elsewhere in the West. In response, Germany has taken a number of steps in response,...

Trump’s election has set off dangerous nuclear rumblings in Berlin. At a time of rising European insecurity, Trump should move fast to reassure the continent.

How has Germany become a standard-bearer of stability and democracy? The answer, in a word, is institutions.