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Top issue in German Chancellor Merz's summer presser: the nomination of a new judge to Germany's constitutional court -- triggering the coalition's first major crisis. Hear how a routine vote shook Berlin politics in this week's podcast: youtu.be/z1U1D--DoTA?si…

German defense minister comments on efforts to make Patriot systems available to Ukraine 👇

German court rejects far right Alternative for Germany (AfD)‘s appeal against 'suspected extremist' label. AfD says it may appeal to the German Constitutional Court. At the same time the debate whether government or parliament should seek an AfD ban continues.…

Chancellor Friedrich Merz rejects claims of a coalition rift over Germany's decision not to join an international call for a ceasefire in Gaza.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has joined forces with the country's top business leaders, who pledge major investments to pull Germany out of recession. p.dw.com/p/4xoyE

Germany is allowing two Taliban officials to work at Afghan diplomatic missions in the country, even though it does not recognize the Islamist regime. Chancellor Merz has made curbing migration a policy priority. p.dw.com/p/4xoLQ

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz didn't engage when asked by DW's @MKuefner why Germany didn't sign a statement by 25 countries calling for an immediate end to the war in Gaza. He did say that Germany doesn't support Israel's policy on Gaza, and called for aid to be let in.

Germany’s interior minister says effective external border protection is key to maintaining a border-free Europe, citing Poland’s efforts at the Polish-Belarusian border as a model.

JUST IN: The German government has confirmed that Switzerland is no longer first in line for Patriot missile systems from Raytheon/RTX. This increases the likelihood of Germany sending two systems to Ukraine and replenishing its stocks in 8 months' time.

An interview with the leader of the anti-immigration Alternative for Germany (AfD) party descended into chaos after it was marred by noisy protesters. Now some in the AfD are demanding a second go.

Once famed for never being late, German trains almost never run on time anymore. Deutsche Bahn has launched a refurbishment program that is likely to last at least a decade, and the costs and criticism are increasing. p.dw.com/p/4xZkf

Watch as the leader of the far-right AfD is momentarily lost for words in a high-profile television interview.

The renaming of a Berlin boulevard that has used a racist term to Anton-Wilhelm-Amo-Strasse, after Germany's first African-born scholar, highlights a long struggle to erase symbols of a brutal colonial past. p.dw.com/p/4xThJ

Germany’s interior minister justified the deportation of rejected asylum seekers to Afghanistan and said more such deporations would follow.

The German education minister has unleashed a debate about migrant quotas in schools after she said the idea was "conceivable".

'Even if we were climate neutral today, nothing would change tomorrow in the world,' said Germany's chancellor when asked by DW's @MKuefner for his message to future generations facing climate change. But this, he said, is how Germany is making progress:

Who's a good boy? German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is set to hold his first summer press conference. Security checks were thorough ahead of the 90 minute grilling by journalists, with police sniffer dogs deployed.

Breaking News: Germany is carrying out its first deportation flight to Afghanistan, in almost a year. A plane carrying 81 Afghan nationals, with criminal convictions, departed Leipzig bound for Kabul on Friday morning. The deal was brokered with the help of Qatar.

Germany's chancellor praises a US deal to deliver weapons to Ukraine, funded by Europeans, but says a key question remains unresolved.