Suddenly, Germany was flush with money.  Seven months in, however, Merz’s government has still been unable to chart a course for economic reform and persuade voters that better days lie ahead. Merz’s ...

As political parties, including Alternative for Germany (AfD) and Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW), promise more money for pensioners, pensions have become a hot topic in Germany ahead of the federal ...

Germany is trying to future proof its welfare state by doing something radical: opening retirement investment accounts for ...

A new Christian Democratic Union (CDU)/Christian Social Union (CSU)-led government needs to agree quickly on how to tackle the economy’s structural weaknesses while navigating increasingly ...

After years of bitter fighting among Jews, the Reform movement is regaining an official place in the landscape of German Jewry. The Central Council of Jews in Germany has taken its first steps to ...

Germany’s film and TV sectors have been eagerly awaiting the biggest reform in the history of German film funding this year, and while the government of Chancellor Olaf Scholz struggles to navigate a ...

? It was used during the euro zone crisis as a deliberately derogatory acronym to describe struggling Southern European countries. German ministers in particular resolutely told the governments of ...

BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany must undertake sweeping reforms to regain its economic competitiveness, Economy Minister Katherina Reiche said on Monday, warning that the country is mired in a structural ...

The German branch of Reform Judaism is threatening to sue the federal government for equal treatment, saying it’s illegal for the government to offer financial support only to the Central Council of ...

WITH ITS ruling on the country’s “debt brake” last month, the German Constitutional Court has—surprisingly clearly for some—set very tight limits on government borrowing. Now the government is in ...

December, Evelyn Palla, the newly appointed chief executive of Deutsche Bahn, unveiled a sweeping restructuring plan for Germany's state-owned rail operator, set to take effect in 2026.. The overhaul ...