Donald Trump is “predictable” and his return to the White House will bring clarity to US-Europe ties, conservative leader Friedrich Merz, the favourite to become Germany’s next chancellor, said on Saturday.

Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Friday laid out his vision to revitalise Germany’s ailing economy at a campaign event in the historic home base of crisis-hit auto titan Volkswagen.

From worries over the frontrunner parties in Germany taking aim at immigration and citizenship to accidentally annoying your German neighbours, here’s what we’re talking about this week at The Local.

The UK government has agreed to relax a controversial rules on the ETA visa waiver which is now required for non-EU arrivals in Britain, and will from the spring be required for EU citizens too.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will meet French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris next Wednesday, two days after the inauguration of Donald Trump as US president, Berlin said.

Whether you’re wondering about the fate of the dual citizenship law or trying to figure out how the German voting system works, we’d love to hear your questions about the upcoming elections on February 23rd.

While the centre-right Christian Democrats are riding high in German polls, they’ll need a coalition partner to govern, with the SPD being an option. How might their pledges affect foreigners in Germany?

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) is second place in current German polls. If that strong showing holds, what might it mean for Germany’s attitude to foreigners?

Going further than its sister party the CDU, Bavaria’s CSU has called for a return for eight-year residence requirements for those who want to naturalise as Germans.

A Bavarian ski resort’s advertising slogan that could be offensive to English speakers – but is based on the name of a German mountain – has been banned at the upcoming skiing World Cup.