Germany and Europe

Chancellor Merkel’s opponents can be divided into two camps. But the German chancellor Angela Merkel refuses to become a lame duck.

Politicians from all over the world congratulate and express their expectations of the new EU Commission President.

Carola Rackete has been lauded as a heroine and decried as a criminal for the aid she gives asylum-seekers in the Med.

The politician Walter Lübcke was shot. Investigators suspect a right-wing extremist motive. Here the most important facts and reactions.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel will be the principal speaker at the graduation ceremony for Harvard University.

Here you will find answers to the most frequently asked questions about the European Union.

The radical humanism of the German Basic Law was a response to the bitter experiences of the Nazi dictatorship.

The current decade at a glance: these are the topics and events that have affected people in Germany.

The director Harald Siebler, the producer of a film about the constitution, explains why responsibility comes with ownership.

The law student Pauline Gihr: So that thoughts can remain free even in times of digital communication.

The journalist Katja Gloger: freedom of expression is a human right.

From the Fall of the Wall to the reforms of the year 2000.