After the talks before the talks come the talks themselves. Germany's CDU/CSU and SPD are set to begin negotiations in Berlin.

With anti-Semitism on the rise once again in Germany, some are recommending that school kids and asylum seekers be required to visit concentration camps to learn about the Holocaust. DW accompanied one class to a camp on the outskirts of Berlin.

What to make of Angela Merkel's successor as CDU leader?

Recently elected CDU leader Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer had congratulated Merz on joining an advisory committee on Thursday. A CDU spokeswoman says the rebuff does not represent an internal fissure.

In Germany, schools are already preparing for students to return. But some parents and children think that the authorities are being too hasty in easing coronavirus lockdowns.

A digital conference of 1,001 delegates will elect the new leader of the ruling conservative CDU this weekend. The successful candidate might replace Chancellor Angela Merkel after elections this fall.

Muslim students say they became the targets of a vicious online campaign after a digital meeting with the high-ranking Christian Democrat Norbert Röttgen.

In the last vote before Germany's general election, the Christian Democratic Union scored a surprisingly clear victory in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt. It was a much-needed boost for Angela Merkel's conservatives.

With less than four weeks to go, a leading opinion poll has seen the downward trend of the ruling CDU continue. The conservatives have been overtaken by the center-left SPD, which has seen its best poll result in years.

Conservative chancellor candidate Armin Laschet has made one his last rolls of the dice: A program for his first 100 days in office if he should win. Laschet trails the center-left candidate Olaf Scholz in the polls.

After an unprecedented defeat in the German election, some grassroots Christian Democrats are pushing for members to choose the next party leader directly. But that strategy often backfires, as other parties have found.

In India, derogatory comments about the Prophet Mohammed made two officials from India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party have sparked a mixture of deadly protests and diplomatic spats. Countries like Oman, Qatar, Malaysia and Indonesia have lodged complaints with India's ambassadors. We take a closer look and get analysis from Subir Sinha, a lecturer in development studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London.