Germany has a reformed voting system that has been in effect since 2023. This system prioritises proportionality over individual member seats ...

Freedom of expression is the law in Germany. It is guaranteed in Article 5 of the Basic Law, the German constitution, but it also says that this freedom has limits. For example, to protect young ...

Bubbles are mechanisms of wealth redistribution and destruction - with detrimental consequences for social and geopolitical ...

As Ukraine approached the three-year mark of Russia’s full-scale invasion, the country’s hoped-for path to a favorable and lasting peace has been upended in a matter of days by the administration of U ...

I’m not sure most Americans appreciate the monumental damage President Donald Trump is doing to the post-World War II order that is the wellspring of American global leadership and affluence.

The Sunday vote comes amid an economy in the doldrums, big questions over Europe's security posture, and a surging far-right.

The leading candidate, Friedrich Merz, a conservative who has adopted many of the AfD’s hard-line positions on immigration, ...

This may be the year the firewall collapses. The AfD is now polling at about 22 percent nationally and seems destined for a ...

Germany rose from the ashes of world war because it confronted its past. We're heading toward our depths in the U.S. because ...

The German chancellor, who defied calls to step aside after his government fell apart, is down in the polls but insisting he ...

An economic slump, an immigration crisis and the lifting of a security blanket provided for decades by the U.S. are issues on ...

Constant incitement against refugees and migrants, far-right conspiracy theories about “left-wing elites” or the denial of pandemics—in Germany, all of this has been rendered socially acceptable in ...