The Bundestag has officially ratified the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between the EU and Canada, in provisional application from 2017, calling on the other 11 missing countries to do the same

Mascha Schilinski, Berlin-based filmmaker, was awarded the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival 2025 for Sound of Falling; she dedicated it to those living in places 'where making films is difficult, nearly or entirely impossible' to young and women

A clear decline in asylum applications from people from Syria, Afghanistan and Turkey led to a 45,3% lower figures than in March 2024; Germany, for a long time number one in Europe for asylum applications, sees its figures are falling rapidly

"Terror supporters, antisemites and extremists" could have their German citizenship revoked if they hold a second nationality, according to planning documents; critics say the measure would lead to unequal treatment

The conservative CDU/CSU bloc of German election winner Friedrich Merz and the Social Democrats reached an agreement in principle with the Greens on plans for a massive increase in state loans ahead of next week's parliamentary vote