His comments to the hard-right Alternative for Germany party escalated efforts by the billionaire to influence the country’s election for chancellor next month. By Jim Tankersley and Christopher F.

Which side has more sex appeal?” This was Maximilian Krah, a highly controversial and outspoken, far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) politician speaking to CNN in Halle, eastern Germany ...

In Germany, around 11% of members of the Bundestag federal parliament have an international background. In the parliaments of each of the 16 federal states the proportion is only around 7%, and in ...

In a rapidly changing world, MADE in Germany examines the risks and benefits of digitalization and its impact on the way we work, what we earn and how we live. The program also investigates the ...

A few hours later, Germany’s chancellor, Olaf Scholz, announced that his three-party political coalition had collapsed. Disagreements about how to help strengthen Germany’s weak economy were a ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Thousands of people demonstrated against a convention of the far-right Alternative for Germany, blocking ...

Political leaders have shunned the Alternative for Germany. But on his social media platform X, Mr. Musk is pitching the party as mainstream. By Jim Tankersley Reporting from Berlin Elon Musk is ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Trucks and cars move along on a highway in Frankfurt, Germany, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael ...

The UK surpassed Germany to become Europe’s largest electric-car market as the country’s EV sales mandate helped it buck a demand slowdown elsewhere in the region. Registrations of new fully ...

The AP noted Germany was a target of Trump’s during his first term for not meeting spending targets. He said Tuesday that NATO members should increase spending to at least 5 percent of their ...

He is a close ally of conservative U.S. President Donald Trump and has, much to the ire of Scholz, spent the past few weeks boosting the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party ahead of a ...