Germany

Germany’s unregulated highways might be the most irrational aspect of its modern identity—but you can’t blame it on the Führer.

The continent can save NATO—but only if it takes Washington’s side in its growing struggle with Beijing.

When the grid goes down, old-fashioned skills save lives.

Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer is like her mentor in style, but not in substance—and, for Germany, that will make all the difference.

Huawei has deep ties to the Chinese government. Berlin might let it build the country’s next generation of communications infrastructure anyway.

As the post-Merkel era looms, Germany’s center-right party needs to ditch its eastern base and go back to its western roots.

The German chancellor survived by avoiding politics whenever possible—and history won't judge her kindly for it.

The mass political movements that once dominated Europe are fading fast—and the nationalist populists and upstart parties taking their place are here to stay.

Will the return of the European far-right be the undoing of the West?

Forget the rise of the AfD. The real story in this weekend’s elections may well be the rise of the Greens, which will reshape German politics.

The far-right Brazilian leader isn’t just another conservative populist. His propaganda campaign has taken a page straight from the Nazi playbook.

The Conservative Party's negotiating strategy is premised on telling the EU one thing and British voters another. Doublespeak won't deliver a deal; it will lead to economic and political disaster.

The German chancellor’s party woes should worry the EU.

The world needs a new alliance of green economic powers to create a low-carbon economic zone.

Everything from food to oil depends on underpaid and overworked drivers.

There are deep—very deep—historical reasons why far-right resentment has flourished in eastern Germany.

Germany and France complain that the U.S. is abusing sanctions power to bully even its allies.

The country’s far-right wants to revive ethnic nationalism. The left must come up with its own alternative.

A new movement wants to revolutionize Germany’s left-of-center politics—but the country’s voters won't follow in British and French footsteps.

As charity workers get arrested for saving drowning migrants, Europeans are reckoning with the widening gap between their politics and morality.