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  • 14 March 2025, Berlin: Friedrich Merz, CDU/CSU parliamentary group leader in the Bundestag and CDU federal chairman, makes a statement after the parliamentary group meeting in the Bundestag. After lengthy discussions, the parliamentary group leaders of the CDU/CSU, SPD and Greens have reached an agreement on a billion-euro defense and infrastructure package. Photo: Michael Kappeler/dpa (Photo by Michael Kappeler/picture alliance via Getty Images)Politics

    German MPs approve fiscal ‘bazooka’ package—paving way for over €1 trillion in defense spending

    By Femke Colborne and AFP
  • 14 March 2025, Berlin: Friedrich Merz, CDU/CSU parliamentary group leader in the Bundestag and CDU federal chairman, makes a statement after the parliamentary group meeting in the Bundestag. After lengthy discussions, the parliamentary group leaders of the CDU/CSU, SPD and Greens have reached an agreement on a billion-euro defense and infrastructure package. Photo: Michael Kappeler/dpa (Photo by Michael Kappeler/picture alliance via Getty Images)Politics

    German lawmakers prepare to vote on $545 billion ‘fiscal bazooka’ as threat to Europe’s security intensifies

    By Femke Colborne and AFP
  • BERLIN, GERMANY – FEBRUARY 23: Alice Weidel, co-leader and chancellor candidate of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), reacts at AfD headquarters to initial results in snap federal parliamentary elections on February 23, 2025 in Berlin, Germany. Germany is holding elections today following the collapse of the three-party government coalition last November. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)Politics

    A West German and openly gay woman—is Alice Weidel a surprising choice to lead Germany’s far-right AfD?

    By Celine Le Prioux, Femke Colborne, and others
  • Women doctor in hazmat suit working with container with embryonal cells in liquid nitrogenLifestyle

    This Berlin company is pioneering a chilling new €50-a-month cryogenics subscription

    By Femke Colborne and AFP
  • 07 November 2024, Berlin: Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) speaks to participants at the Deutsche Telekom AG forum following the break-up of the “traffic light” coalition. Photo: Carsten Koall/dpa (Photo by Carsten Koall/picture alliance via Getty Images)Finance

    Germany’s chancellor under pressure to call early no-confidence vote as coalition government collapses

    By Femke Colborne and AFP