Germany

The AfD is about to win state elections in the east of the country. Their opponents could do something to stop them. Maybe. But it’s not likely

Felix Hartlaub’s scathing notes on ‘one fanatic and a heap of ingratiating rubber dwarves’ may have got him killed

When a subsidised theatre set aside time for Black families, its critics jumped in – and that may have been the desired effect

He got out from behind the wheel, went over the hovering drone and kicked it to the ground. Do not try this at home

Friedrich Merz doesn’t have a plan for government or any leadership skills – but what he does have is a PR nightmare on his hands, all of his own making

The problem of the house where Hitler was born has finally been solved – but it cost a lot of money

He voted against paying women to give birth for you – then paid one himself

Germans used to be against air conditioning. Not any more

The chancellor decided that too many Germans were skiving, so he tried to change the rules. But it didn’t work

A list of Hitler’s party members is now searchable – but files that might embarrass the postwar elite remain stubbornly out of reach

Decades of neglect have left road, railway and energy repair facing an investment gap of £400 billion

Only 34 people alive are in the most exclusive club on the planet. One photographer set out to track them down

The populists hated it and the liberals welcomed them. But the lesson from the events in the Czech Republic is clear – that all human tragedies are worthy of remembrance

Merz is trying his best, but his approval ratings are now in the dirt. To make things worse, he’s now being offered a steady stream of advice, almost all of it unwanted

Germany’s once-powerful SPD is crippled by caution - Starmer and his possible successors must take note

Donald Trump sends friends and family round the world to negotiate on his behalf – is it any surprise that Putin should do the same?

Losing 5,000 US soldiers is bad for us - but arguably worse for America

Journalists at Politico, owned by Axel Springer, have expressed concern at their CEO Mathias Döpfner’s interfering agenda

There’s something deeply unconvincing about the new German chancellor – here are five reasons why voters here don’t like him

Poor Timmy got beached on the German shoreline. Then it happened again. But when the same whale washed ashore for a third time, people started asking whether something was up

The AfD is surging in Saxony-Anhalt – and ready to unveil frightening policies for schools, culture and identity

A new exhibition explores his radical transformation from law professor to abstract art rebel

Merz thought he had the answer for how to deal with Trump. But it turns out he didn’t

From Ashkenazi roots to German titles, the surname of Israel’s president carries centuries of meaning

A celebrity couple suddenly filed for divorce. The reasons for it were so shocking that it could bring about a change in the law

Culture minister Wolfram Weimer has cancelled grants for three left-leaning stores

The day after being sold to Axel Springer, the paper printed a striking cover on its Review section

Publisher Axel Springer has bought the Telegraph titles, coveted by the Mail, in a deal costing £575 million

Future James Bond Callum Turner can’t save a pointless family drama about unhappy rich people

A remarkable and horrific audio archive of survivors’ stories documents individual upheavals and collective trauma

The German right wing extremists are guilty of the very thing they criticised in other parties. Hypocrisy is not a good look, especially in an election year

The German chancellor is in Washington meeting Trump, a man who sees Europe as irrelevant, who supports Merz’s opponents and who is political poison. What can he hope to gain?