German Chancellor Olaf Scholz was summoned to a parliamentary inquiry committee on Thursday to address questions about the ...

Angela Merkel may have won but her position at the ... They argue the chancellor has broken a number of laws with her refugee policy and say a committee should investigate her.

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The new leader of Germany's Greens pitched his party on Sunday as the only one that could save Germany from years of ...

As paradoxical as it may seem at first glance, a reorganisation of the federal government is the right thing to do. Read more ...

A win would give Friedrich Merz the daunting task of rebuilding a German economy that hasn’t grown since 2019—and establish ...

Born in 1955 in the west German town of Brilon, Merz studied law and was first elected to the Bundestag in 1994. After ...

Current conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza (now spreading across the Middle East), have placed Germany in a difficult position, ...

That’s why, each year, millions of people leave home in search of a safer, better tomorrow. Asylum seekers, migrants, immigrants and refugees are all terms used to describe people on the move, ...

Refugees need our solidarity now more than ever. Solidarity means keeping our doors open, celebrating their strengths and achievements, and reflecting on the challenges they face. Solidarity with ...

The first person to win the Nansen Refugee Award, in 1954, was Eleanor Roosevelt, first chair of the UN Human Rights Commission and former First Lady of the United States. Since then, more than 60 ...