Michael Nienaber

One of Germany’s ruling parties is pushing for European Union tariffs on Chinese hybrid cars, indicating a shift in Berlin’s long-standing wariness toward such measures.

The nationalist Alternative for Germany is pushing back on a growing chorus warning that its policies would hit businesses if the far-right party secures control of a state government for the first time since World War II.

The far-right Alternative for Germany decisively won the state election in Saxony-Anhalt amid growing public discontent with the political establishment, but is expected to fall short of an outright majority to form a government.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is facing intensifying pressure to come up with a convincing response after an overwhelming victory by the far right in a state election delivered a powerful blow to the political establishment.

Chancellor Friedrich Merz lashed out at the far-right Alternative for Germany for its embrace of Russia and migration aims that amount to “ethnic cleansing” as his government grapples with the fallout of the party’s surge in a state election this week.

US-Israeli defense startup Covenant plans to mass produce a heavy-payload, long-range cruise missile at a new factory in eastern Germany as NATO allies look for ways to refill depleted stocks of precision-strike weapons.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said his government will have to learn the lessons from an overwhelming victory by the far right in a state election that he said will alter the country's politics.

European countries will buy Ukraine more U.S.-made Patriot air defense systems and send missiles from their own stocks to help Ukraine repel an expected Russian winter onslaught.

European countries will buy Ukraine more U.S.-made Patriot air defense systems and send missiles from their own stocks to help Ukraine repel an expected Russian winter onslaught.

Germany’s Defense Ministry is considering blocking access of a highly sensitive wartime crisis-response plan to the state premier’s office in Saxony-Anhalt if the far right takes power in the eastern region.