The number of deportations from Germany is up slightly compared to the first half of last year. Meanwhile, German automobile giant Volkswagen has seen profits tumble as a result of US tariffs. DW has more.

French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz have pledged to revive the Franco-German partnership, but differences partly related to U.S. President Donald Trump continue to divide the two,

The president wanted to take Jerome Powell, the Fed chair, to task over the cost of renovations to the central bank’s headquarters, but Mr. Powell was having none of it.

The bloc is staggering under the fiscal weight of foolish welfare, climate and immigration policies.

In the final years of the Weimar Republic, the German left was paralyzed by ideological divisions, by a failure to persuade broad swathes of the populace that it was capable of guiding the country out of its economic and domestic turmoil,

Instead, Europe’s largest economy has shrunk for two straight years and may contract in 2025 and 2026 if talks with the US fail, the Bundesbank predicts. Trump says the European Union will face 30% tariffs from Aug.

Sebastian Hotz was on trial for posting online remarks that prosecutors said condoned an assassination attempt on the now US leader. Now, a court has cleared him of all charges, recognizing his statements as satire.