The party was riding high when it entered the government two years ago. Now it is stumbling, blamed for driving voters to the far right.
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Bavarian Election Results Signal Trouble for Scholz’s Government
The election served as a midterm report card for Chancellor Olaf Scholz, and the grades were not good.
Rise of Far Right Leaves Germany’s Conservatives at a Crossroads
The surge of the Alternative for Germany party has shaken the country’s political establishment. But for mainstream conservatives, it has also prompted an acute identity crisis.
Germany’s Tenuous Coalition Government Shows Strain
Tensions in the three-party government have built for months. But the latest sniping is unusually fierce, raising fresh questions of dysfunction.
Meet the New Mayor: How a Refugee Won Over a Conservative German Town
The election of Ryyan Alshebl, a young man who fled Syria, offers surprising lessons for a Germany wrestling with its multicultural identity after an influx of refugees in 2015.
German Village at Center of a Fight Over Coal and Climate Is Cleared Out
For years, activists tried to save tiny Lützerath from being razed to make way for the expansion of an open-pit coal mine. This past week, the police moved them out.
Climate Activists Find a Way to Get Germany’s Attention: Stop Traffic
Extreme tactics have pushed the climate crisis to the top of the public discourse but also stirred debate over whether the activists are going too far.
Climate Activists Find a Way to Get Germany’s Attention: Stop Traffic
Extreme tactics have pushed the climate crisis to the top of the public discourse but also stirred debate over whether the activists are going too far.
Germany Needs Coal to Replace Gas, So a Village Has to Go
The cutting of Russian gas supplies to Europe has led Germany to step up coal use, despite its goal to phase it out by 2030.
Germany, Facing Energy Crisis, Gives Nuclear Another Look
For three decades, nuclear power was one of Germany’s most divisive debates. But with Russia cutting gas, Germans are revisiting their political energy taboos.