“This really is democracy’s last bullet,” said CSU leader Markus Söder. While he was referring to the threat from the far ...

Though voters gave rightist parties a majority, Friedrich Merz’s conservative Christian Democrats are teaming up with the ...

It is the more dangerous for Nazi Germany and for Hitler's future career because it is a coalition on the grounds he himself chose—ideological grounds. World democracy, finally realizing its peril, is ...

It has also shocked many observers in a country whose constitution guarantees the free expression and distribution of ...

The president of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, pointed to this statistic during a speech at a recent Women’s Day celebration. “When our democracy has a problem with women, then our country ...

In the event of a peace settlement dividing Ukraine in two, the nations of the West have a critical interest in strengthening the western half—both as a bulwark against Russian encroachment and as a ...

Germany’s parliamentary election on February 23 saw a significant shift in the country’s political balance, with the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU)/Christian Social Union (CSU) alliance ...

Berlin Briefing is tailored for English-speaking listeners who are curious about whether German democracy can withstand the current stress test - or whether the far-right will gain ground.