Germany

As conservatives and the Far Right continue to rise in Germany, progressive parties are moving to the right on migration policy to maintain support.

Conservatives and right-wing parties in two German states have pulled of an election campaign with rattling results for progressives.

With the AfD on the rise, Christian Democrats are shifting to the right, threatening to break the cordon sanitaire.

Berliners have often used referendums for issues ranging from housing to climate action. But have they been effective?

To reconcile the physical reality of climate change with the attitudes of German society, pragmatism is key.

The culture wars around climate policy seem set to become the new normal, as the heating law debate in Germany exemplified.

Criticised for their disruptive demonstrations, Letzte Generation climate activists find few allies in their uphill battle for climate.

Coalition compromises make it harder for the Greens to commit to their climate policy goals.

In the first of a new monthly column on the German Greens in government, Inge Jooris unpicks the messy result of a messy election.

How the cost of living crisis affects the everyday lives of people around Europe.