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Merz must secure 316 votes in the 630-seat strong lower chamber of German parliament in order to become chancellor.

Germany's upper house of parliament on Friday gave the final seal of approval to a massive spending package to build up the military and overhaul infrastructure.

The governor of the German state of Bavaria says he will let his deputy stay in office despite a furor that started with allegations he was responsible for an antisemitic flyer when he was a high school student 35 years ago

The deputy governor of Germany’s Bavaria state has defended himself against mounting allegations that he was responsible for an antisemitic flyer, that he gave the Hitler salute, and that he imitated the Nazi dictator as a high school student

Bavaria's governor says his deputy has not done enough to prove he wasn’t responsible for an antisemitic flyer as a high school student

Leaders of Germany’s main opposition bloc are calling for voters turned off by the government to back them in two major state elections this fall

Officials in Germany’s southern state of Bavaria say they want to make it easier to shoot wolves after farmers complained that their livestock on Alpine pastures are being preyed upon

“Nuclear power, no thanks!” What was once a slogan found on the bumper of many a German car became a reality Saturday, as the country shut down its three remaining nuclear power plants in line with a long-planned transition toward renewable energy. The shutdown of Emsland, Neckarwestheim II and Isar…

Germany has shut down its three remaining nuclear power plants in line with a long-planned transition to clean, green renewable energy.