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German top court upholds reunification solidarity tax

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German election 2025

Friedrich Merz's center-right CDU, together with its CSU sister party, won Germany's 2025 parliamentary election. The far-right populist Alternative for Germany saw massive support across the east, coming in second.

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Germany's new parliament holds first session

The new Bundestag includes the largest number of far-right lawmakers since World War II.

German lower house of Parliament, the Bundestag in Berlin, Germany, March 25, 2025 with the federal eagle in the background

New German Bundestag meets for first time since election

The German lower house of parliament, the Bundestag, is convening as coalition talks between the SPD and CDU continue.

Friedrich Merz and Lars Klingbeil sitting in the Bundestag

Germany: Government talks hit snags

The CDU/CSU and SPD negotiations are making slow progress. Immigration and taxes are the main sticking points.

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Robots in VW's Wolfsburg production plant

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Germany's economy

Germany's economy is in recession, high energy costs hamper industrial production, thousands of jobs are at risk.

Germans hope for next government to turn economy around

Is Germany's industrial economic model in danger?

Germany's lack of skilled workers hurting its economy

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Cream drips from a spoon into a full cup of tea, forming milky white clouds.

Germany's East Frisians are world champion tea drinkers

These people living in northeastern Germany drink more tea on average than anyone else on Earth.

Hagen looks into the camera with heavy black makeup around her eyes and pink mesh gloves

Nina Hagen, godmother of punk, turns 70

Singer-songwriter, mother, activist, punk — for Nina Hagen, it's a fine line between madness and genius.

People ski down a slope in the Alps, past a snow cannon.

What do snow shortages mean for winter sports resorts?

Alpine resorts are increasingly using snow cannons to provide the artificial snow needed for skiing.

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