Germany

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.

Spending 4 percent of the EU’s GDP on defense would boost sagging economies and protect the continent at a time when U.S. leadership is lacking.

Even Beijing admitted the Nobel laureate's widow had committed no crime.

Britain’s conservatives were once known for sensible stewardship of the economy. Now, the Tory Maoists are blowing it up.

Politicians must prepare voters for automation; otherwise, opportunistic populists will seize the agenda.

Berlin needs to spend more on defense, but the U.S. president's public demands are making it politically impossible.

The two-state solution is dead. Most one-state solutions are unacceptable to the other side. There is, however, a viable peace plan that appeals to both.

Angela Merkel’s sister party, the Christian Social Union, is taking an extreme line on refugees and threatening to bring down her coalition.

In the run-up to the G-7 summit, Trump seemed to forget a key lesson from history.

Some German lawmakers are calling for Ambassador Grenell’s expulsion.