#washingtonpost.com. × In Europe’s export juggernaut, Germans fret over Trump’s tariffs. In Germany, Europe’s most populous nation and its largest economy, Trump’s tariffs stoked fears of the end of trade-based prosperity.
#Mar.27.2025
#washingtonpost.com. × Gyorgy Kun, survivor of Auschwitz twin experiments, dies at 93. Mistakenly identified as a twin, he was among the few remaining survivors of the infamous medical tests conducted by Nazi physician Josef Mengele.
#Mar.18.2025
#washingtonpost.com. × Germany approves massive spending package to boost defense. The move comes as Europe scrambles to strengthen its security amid concerns over U.S. commitments under President Donald Trump.
#Mar.18.2025
#washingtonpost.com. × 6,000 Syrians work as doctors in Germany. Some weigh whether to stay or go.. Syrians doctors have established themselves in Germany, filling critical health-care gaps. But Assad’s fall and anti-migrant sentiment have some torn.
#Mar.11.2025
#washingtonpost.com. × German election winner seeks ‘independence’ from U.S. What does that mean?. Friedrich Merz said that Europe needed to “achieve independence from the United States, step by step.” That won’t be easy, for Europe or for the United States.
#Feb.24.2025
#washingtonpost.com. × Who is Friedrich Merz, the German election winner warning Europe about Trump?. Merz expressed concern over changing relations with Washington under the Trump administration, emphasizing the need for gradual independence from the U.S.
#Feb.24.2025
#washingtonpost.com. × Column | Germany’s far-right AfD still faces limits, despite election success. The success of the Alternative for Germany, or AfD, is a sign of the times. Across Europe, far-right parties once on the fringe have gone mainstream.
#Feb.24.2025
#washingtonpost.com. × Conservatives heading to victory in German election; far right surges. The Christian Democratic Union has won a plurality in the Bundestag, preliminary exit polls suggested Sunday, while the far-right AfD has come in second.
#Feb.23.2025
#washingtonpost.com. × German police suspect antisemitic motive in Holocaust memorial stabbing. The attack comes as Germany heads to the polls Sunday after an election campaign dominated by calls for a clampdown on migration and asylum.
#Feb.22.2025
#washingtonpost.com. × What is the AfD, the far-right German party supported by Vance and Musk?. Concern is growing over the far-right Alternative for Germany party’s rise ahead of the German election. Its U.S. supporters include Elon Musk and JD Vance.
#Feb.22.2025
#washingtonpost.com. × What to know about Germany’s 2024 federal election. Friedrich Merz, a conservative rival of Angela Merkel, is on track to become the next chancellor, though the far-right AfD is expected to make historic gains.
#Feb.22.2025
#washingtonpost.com. × Elon Musk, JD Vance haven’t boosted far right ahead of German election. After the highly unusual U.S. interventions, the AfD remains in second place heading into Germany’s federal election on Sunday.
#Feb.21.2025
#washingtonpost.com. × Birkenstock argued its shoes are art. A court put its foot down.. In a lawsuit, Birkenstock aimed to combat knockoffs, but the court determined the German footwear does not meet the definition of “applied art.”
#Feb.21.2025
#washingtonpost.com. × How Elon Musk used X to amplify Germany’s far right ahead of election. Musk won AfD a massive new audience, and JD Vance added support. That brought the party outsized attention, but the impact in Germany was limited, data shows.
#Feb.20.2025
#washingtonpost.com. × Scholz blasts Vance’s support for Germany’s far right. Some see the Trump administration actively promoting political extremism in the West.
#Feb.15.2025
#washingtonpost.com. × Hegseth’s visit to U.S. base in Germany met with student walkout. The civil disobedience by dozens of middle-schoolers — and some adults — was aimed at the Trump administration’s rollback of DEI initiatives.
#Feb.11.2025
#washingtonpost.com. × Sam Nujoma, who led Namibia after independence struggle, dies at 95. Before independence in 1990, Mr. Nujoma directed a Cold War-era insurgency against South African control of the mineral-rich former German colony.
#Feb.11.2025
#washingtonpost.com. × German politicians signal to Syrian asylum seekers: It’s time to go home. Leading politicians in Germany are calling for mass returns, echoing President Donald Trump’s plan to expel undocumented migrants from the United States.
#Jan.31.2025
#washingtonpost.com. × Germany’s Merz breaks far-right taboo, prompts backlash from Merkel. Friedrich Merz, the front-runner to become Germany’s next chancellor, relied on votes from the far-right AfD to push an anti-migration motion through parliament.
#Jan.30.2025
#washingtonpost.com. × Holocaust survivors mark 80th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation. Some of the last living survivors spoke of worrying signs that safeguards of “never again” are falling away while antisemitism rises.
#Jan.27.2025
#washingtonpost.com. × Toddler and man killed in knife attack at German park. Police identified the suspect as an Afghan man. Politicians gearing up for an election responded with comments about migration and law and order.
#Jan.22.2025
#washingtonpost.com. × Elon Musk and far-right German leader Alice Weidel endorse each other in interview. Musk tested the boundaries of foreign election interference, hosting AfD co-leader Alice Weidel for a livestream interview on X.
#Jan.09.2025
#washingtonpost.com. × European foreign ministers meet with Syria’s interim leader. France’s foreign minister, who is in Damascus with his German counterpart, said Friday there is “real hope” for Syria, “but it is a fragile hope.”
#Jan.03.2025
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