Léa Pernelle

C-17A Globemaster of the 172nd Airlift squadron at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. This unit is tasked with the homebringing of wounded or fallen soldiers.

‘If they pull the plug here, we will be socially destroyed’ says the German people as they struggle to imagine life without U.S. airbase

By Léa Pernelle, Louis van Boxel-Woolf, and others

A woman walks past a placard reading ‘We for Luedenscheid’ in the city of Luedenscheid, western Germany on January 16, 2025. The numerous auto industry suppliers in Luedenscheid, population 70,000, have faced job cuts and insolvencies as high labour costs, a rapid transformation and rising Chinese competition weaken one of Germany’s traditional economic pillars (Photo by Ina FASSBENDER / AFP) / TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY LEA PERNELLE (Photo by INA FASSBENDER/AFP via Getty Images)

With Germany heading to the polls—will the government be able to turn around its crisis-hit economy in time?

By Léa Pernelle, Sam Reeves, and others

VENICE, CALIFORNIA – NOVEMBER 13: Rivian electric vehicles (EV) are parked at the Rivian Venice Hub on November 13, 2024 in Venice, California. The California-based electric vehicle manufacturer Rivian’s joint venture with German automaker Volkswagen is being expanded to $5.8 billion. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

German giant Volkswagen bets on upstart Rivian to save its flailing EV software strategy

By Léa Pernelle and AFP

A woman tends to some sheep

German sheep farmers are describing this virus as the ‘most aggressive’ they’ve seen in over a decade

By Léa Pernelle and AFP