Germans don’t like what Euro 2024 has exposed about their country
Since Berlin became the capital again 25 years ago, German ingenuity, once applied to solving problems, has been applied to finding excuses. No wonder national team manager Julian Nagelsmann decided to give the whole country a pep talk
Controversial film about Hitler and Goebbels collapses the distance of decades
Leader and Seducer confronts audiences with the crimes of their bystander ancestors as Germany’s current political climate becomes unsettled
Shortfall in German defence spending exposes unresolved security tensions
Admission by minister for defence comes as Olaf Scholz prepares to tell Nato summit Germany is meeting obligation to spend at least two 2% of GDP on defence
Hungarian PM Viktor Orban launches right-wing alliance to resist ‘Brussels elite’
Fidesz party combines with Austria’s Freedom Party and Czech ANO protest group as Hungary assumes six-month EU presidency
Neutral but fully armed: Switzerland looks to its own defence
Switzerland still has compulsory military and civil service for young people, while the 26 Swiss cantons have considerable civil defence competences
Regional support for German extremists surges to parliamentary majority
Two parties with anti-immigrant policies are making gains in eastern states
Austrian heiress gives away €25m fortune
Inheritance part of estimated €4.2bn BASF fortune left by grandmother on death in 2022
German foreign minister warns Berlin austerity rules a risk to Ukraine and Europe
Budget row has ballooned into another existential standoff for Germany’s three government parties
Taoiseach warns against ‘instability’ in advance of meeting on EU’s top jobs
Coalition yet to agree on another term for Ursula von der Leyen as European Commission president
World leaders call for just peace in Ukraine, but Russia’s absence weighs heavily
As delegates gathered in Switzerland, Vladimir Putin offered a ceasefire proposal
Taoiseach hails Ukraine peace summit as ‘an important start’ as talks conclude in Switzerland
Russia and China stayed away from summit while countries including Saudi Arabia, South Africa, India, Brazil, the United Arab Emirates and the Holy See declined to sign the concluding communiqué
Peace deal between Kyiv and Moscow must respect Ukraine’s territorial integrity, says Taoiseach
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy rejects Russian claims that Swiss peace talks are a waste of time
Taoiseach rules out early general election despite push within Government parties for October vote
Harris said the electorate had not voted for change in recent local and European elections and wanted him to ‘get stuck in and do the job’
Ukraine quandary: Questions of war and peace hang over Zelenskiy’s Switzerland summit
Asked what is the point of peace talks when Russia is not attending, Swiss foreign minister says the only alternative is ‘to lean back and do nothing’
Euro 2024: Can Germany repeat the glorious football parties of yesteryear?
The 2006 World Cup surprised everyone with what it was really like to be a football fan in the country; can lightning strike twice?