Alternative for Germany helped push an immigration restriction proposal over the threshold, breaking the "firewall" surrounding the right-wing party.

Over the next four days the German capital will host more than 30 runway shows and a wide variety of aligned events.

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel criticised Friedrich Merz, her successor as leader of the country's conservatives, on Thursday for pushing through a bill on tighter immigration control with the help of the far right.

Protesters in Germany on Thursday rallied against the conservative CDU party to decry its cooperation with the far-right AfD in pushing through parliament a motion to demand a crackdown on immigration.

Memorial plaque outside Victor Klemperer’s former apartment building in Berlin. The text below his name reads: “In his diaries from the time of the National-Socialist dictatorship, he left behind a unique testimony about the everyday persecution of Jews in a German city.” Source: Author’s photo, 26 January 2025.

German industry has for years called out high energy prices and poor economic policies for making them uncompetitive. A coalition of SMEs is now saying enough is enough.

Kathrin Meyer, departing cretary-general of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, said she considers Holocaust distortion particularly dangerous, especially as the number of survivors

Europe’s economy stagnated late last year as its former growth engine, Germany, finished a second straight year of shrinking output.

Friedrich Merz, the front-runner to become Germany’s next chancellor, relied on votes from the far-right AfD to push an anti-migration motion through parliament.

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The German Catholic bishops’ conference on Wednesday distanced itself from a controversial statement against tougher migration policies issued by its Berlin office just before Parliament approved a motion on stronger border controls with support from the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party.

The full line-up for the juries of the 75th Berlin International Film Festival have been revealed ahead of the event in the German capital next month. American filmmaker Todd Haynes is president of the International jury for the competition and will be joined by Nabil Ayouch (Morocco / France),