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 ...

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 ...

Germany's military is to carve out a new land forces division responsible for homeland security. The unit will be dedicated to securing critical infrastructure and key military facilities in ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Germany's national animal health institute confirmed that foot-and-mouth disease had been detected in samples from one animal, and the rest of the herd was slaughtered. It wasn't clear how the ...

Elon Musk praised the co-leader of the German party Alternative for Germany (AfD) as “very reasonable” on Thursday, urging Germans to vote for the far-right party in what is the latest high ...

EVs lost market share in Germany last year, now making up just 13.5% of all new car sales. While EV sales dropped, hybrid sales grew by 12.7%, and PHEVs saw a 9.2% increase. In December 2023 ...