Politics

For Europe Day: what you should know about Germany’s role in Europe and in the EU.

Following the announced withdrawal of the United States and Israel, the UN organisation is facing challenging times.

Fighting for Europe: political scientist Gesine Schwan explains how to make the EU appeal to young people again.

Germany has successfully applied for a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council. deutschland.de explains why the candidature is so important.

The European Union wants to re-adjust the admittance and distribution of refugees. What is planned? Four questions and answers.

Since reunification, Berlin has no longer been divided, and has long since grown out of the east and west question.

The reunification process is without historical precedent and a national tour de force that cannnot be completed in a few years.

Germany has been reunited since October 3, 1990. The peaceful revolution of the people in the GDR had brought down the Wall that had divided Germany into east and west.

Farewell to the German question – Looking back at the long journey West: 1949–1990 The two German states.

The tricky issue of migration will loom over the chancellor's talks as Berlin looks for ways to stem the migrant flow.

Farewell to the German question – Looking back at the long journey West: 1933–1945 The era of National Socialism.

Farewell to the German question – Looking back at the long journey West: 1919–1933 The Weimar Republic.