List of Germany articles
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Campaign posters hang from lampposts in eastern Germany. Germany’s Far Right Sees Its Opening (Again)
The AfD is on the rise nationally, notching a mayoral win and matching the Social Democrats in polls. Can it last?
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A colorized print depicts Bohemian mercenary General Albrecht Wenzel von Wallenstein, wearing a hat with a feather, thigh-high boots, and lace cuffs and collar as he rides atop a bearded man wearing a tall furry hat as though he were a horse. Marauding soldiers are seen in the background landscape of houses and castles. Prigozhin Should Study Europe’s Greatest Mercenary
Albrecht von Wallenstein was the Holy Roman Empire’s power broker—until he clashed with his superior.
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Fans of the German band Rammstein line up under portraits of band members prior to a concert at Wankdorf Stadium in Bern, Switzerland. Rammstein Is Germany’s Scary New Normal
The band’s continued popularity is a sign of the country’s increasingly right-wing zeitgeist.
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An illustration shows the black outline of a German eagle with distressed and torn zeroes within it for a story about Germany's obsession with zero debt. Is Berlin Ready to Break the Bank?
Germany is obsessed with avoiding debt. But retrofitting the country may require taking it on.
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A Tornado reconnaissance aircraft takes off from a military airbase in Jagel, Germany, on Dec. 10, 2015. Did German Pilots Just Pass NATO’s Tactics to China?
A Luftwaffe scandal underlines Europe’s lack of seriousness about military threats.
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Britain's King Charles III, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, and Brandenburg state premier Dietmar Woidke, all wearing blue suits, meet British and German soldiers on a dock in Finowfurt, Germany. A German-U.K. Defense Deal Can Strengthen NATO
At a moment of profound change, Berlin and London must work together.
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz looks at German economics and climate minister Robert Habeck prior to the start of the weekly cabinet meeting at the Chancellery in Berlin on Nov. 2, 2022. Germans Want Climate Policy—Just Not in Their Homes
A new law about home heating reveals political constraints on the energy transition.
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General outside view of the Isar 2 nuclear power plant in Essenbach, Germany. Germany Turns Out the Lights on Nuclear Power—at Last
It’s taken a few decades, but the final shutdown comes at a delicate time.
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People check out job advertisements at a career fair in Germany. Skilled Migrants Aren’t Interested in Germany
Why Europe’s biggest economy can’t get the immigrants it desperately needs.
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Friedrich Merz, the leader of Germany’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU), and Kai Wegner, the CDU’s top candidate in Berlin, depart after the end of a joint press conference in Berlin on Feb. 13, one day after the city-state’s elections. The campaign placard behind them reads “Celebrate Berlin. Fire the Council.” Germany’s Conservatives Are Ready for a Culture War
The Christian Democrats aren’t the center-right party of Angela Merkel anymore.
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A movie billboard poster advertises the German film "All Quiet on The Western Front" (Im Westen nichts Neues) at the Kino International movie theatre in Berlin on September 27, 2022. Germany’s Oscar Nominee Isn’t Nearly German Enough
The depiction of war in “All Quiet on the Western Front” has put it far out of step with its home country.
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Brokers talk under a stock exchange board. Adam Tooze: How Poland Became an Economic Powerhouse
Its economy has skyrocketed since the end of communism, but so has its wealth disparity.
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A man walks past a torn AfD banner. Germany’s Far-Right ‘Firewall’ Is Starting to Crack
At the national level, parties insist they won’t work or vote with the far-right AfD—but at the local level, it happens all the time.
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Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba meets with United States Secretary of State at the Munich Security Conference (MSC) in Munich, Germany, on February 18, 2023. Ukraine’s Push for Fighter Jets Takes Flight in Munich
But the West is worried that Kyiv might run out of ammo first.
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Macron, Duda, and Scholz stand side by side behind microphones. Putin’s Ukraine War Dominates Talks at Munich Security Conference
But long-range weapons aren’t a cure-all for Ukraine.
