Germany, four-time winners of the World Cup, will be looking to have a strong tournament in 2026 after not getting out of the group in 2018 and 2022.

The first is that government must have a strategy for redesigning its own processes to take advantage of digitalisation. There is no point focusing on the technology alone. “A common mistake is to put legacy processes into IT systems.

Boris Pistorius, Germany’s defense minister, is pushing to expand its military in case tensions with Russia escalate. That’s tricky in a country where the Nazi era casts a long shadow.

Earlier this year, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz pledged to build Europe’s strongest army – a tall order for a country whose military has undergone years of neglect.

The two countries’ traditionally strong ties have been tested amid Israel’s genocidal war on the people of Gaza.

Banning Alternative for Germany, a far-right party, might seem undemocratic but Germany’s constitution allows such prohibitions to prevent a repeat of Nazism.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s unwieldy ruling alliance with the Social Democrats is facing an existential crisis of its own making that could trigger its demise after only seven months in office.

Germany hasn't had an indigenous nuclear weapons program since 1945 and nobody in Berlin is asking for a German bomb. So why so many in the United States suggest otherwise?

The Jeep, Dodge, Ram parent head is backing a bid against a proposal that would mandate zero-emission vehicles 2035 in the EU.

The change means that all 18-year-olds in Germany will be sent a questionnaire from January 2026 asking if they are interested and willing to join the armed forces. The form will be mandatory for men and voluntary for women.