
UPDATE: German Politician Steps Down, Defending His Personal Surrogacy Deal
The Bundestag’s Jens Spahn was hearing calls for him to quit after he used a U.S. surrogate mother abroad, contradicting the stance he took while a health minister.

The Bundestag’s Jens Spahn was hearing calls for him to quit after he used a U.S. surrogate mother abroad, contradicting the stance he took while a health minister.

German government representatives acknowledge a turning point for Europe’s largest economy.

With the right-wing populist AfD reaching record national support, pressure mounts on Chancellor Merz and his coalition.

CDU/CSU and multiple civil society actors warn of massive interference with civil liberties.

Berlin denied there is any truth to a U.S. report accusing Germany of a deteriorating free speech environment.

Centrist Spahn boasts of wanting Berlin to have a doomsday deterrent of its own.

The court enforcing the convention has often prevented member states from pursuing policies that serve their national interests.