The chairman of the party and fraction of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Friedrich Merz, gives a press conference in the German parliament in Berlin, in reaction to the knife attack on January 22 in Aschaffenburg.

The country’s perennial yearning for reassurance is still dominating discourse — but this time around, it’s likely to be in vain.

The country's upcoming vote could determine the future of its struggling economy and Europe's political stability

ahead of Scholz’s Social Democrats and behind the opposition Christian Democratic Union. Earlier in the week, Germany’s defence ministry and foreign ministry said they were suspending their ...

Family Minister Lisa Paus says a miscarriage can be a traumatic experience and that staggered maternity protection offers affected women the opportunity to recover.

Germany’s chancellor has vowed to end a culture of “misplaced tolerance” after a failed Afghan asylum seeker was arrested over the fatal stabbing on a toddler and a man during a nursery trip.

Merz, favorite to become Germany’s next chancellor, said he wants peace in Ukraine, but not at the cost of offering up Ukrainian sovereignty to imperialistic Russia

Election front-runner Friedrich Merz wants stricter migration policies following a deadly stabbing in Aschaffenburg. Some in Germany are surprised at how willing he seems to be to cooperate with the far-right AfD.

Right” could crumble after the frontrunner to win next month’s election said he could work with Alternative for Germany (AfD) to tighten immigration laws.

From the shrinking Bundestag at the election to new property tax rates and possible strikes, we round up some of the big changes happening this February in Germany.

Merz, whose centre-right bloc currently tops the polls, is toughening his stance on migration ahead of federal elections next month. View on euronews