German bond yields spike most since 2022 on investment plans
Incoming chancellor Friedrich Merz’s Christian Democratic-led bloc and the rival Social Democrats are speeding ahead with plans to boost investment
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Germany’s Merz unveils €900bn borrowing plan for security and infrastructure
Incoming chancellor Friedrich Merz seeks to shore up defence, infrastructure
Tensions remain as Austria finally gets a new government and Germans start talking about one
Far-right FPO finds itself in opposition in Austria despite winning last September’s election
Two dead, several injured after car drives into crowd in German city of Mannheim
Driver detained as police say there are no indications of extremist or religious links to the incident
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Germany must integrate and upskill immigrants if economy is to once again prosper
Europe’s economic powerhouse is faltering due to competition from China in manufacturing, an ageing population and influx of foreign nationals with limited education
What will €180,000 buy in France, Germany, Montenegro, Spain and Limerick?
One price, home and away: A townhouse with a swimming pool in Dordogne, a timber home on Germany’s Baltic coast, a duplex metres from the water on Lustica, an apartment on the Costa Brava, or a converted pub in Ballyhahill village?
Overheard chat on the train showed me the secret behind far-right AfD’s growth in Germany
The German party’s secret weapon is its self-radicalising multipliers
‘Somehow the atmosphere in the streets today is worse’: Irish in Germany react to election success of far-right AfD
Party doubled its support to win 152 seats in the Bundestag in Sunday’s federal vote
Merz warns it is ‘five minutes to midnight’ for Europe amid Trump Nato concerns
Germany’s likely next chancellor says Europe must achieve security and defence independence from US
Victory of Friedrich Merz’s party brings bleak prospect of headaches and endless to-do lists
Uncertain outlook in Berlin as man who is likely to be next chancellor has to convince sceptical voters he can deliver change
Germany on course for grand coalition between conservatives and social democrats after CDU victory
Friedrich Merz is on track to be the next German chancellor in election where far-right AfD doubled support
Germany faces tricky talks on new coalition as far-right AfD becomes electoral force
A tired-looking Olaf Scholz says that just as the 2021 victory was his, the 2025 defeat was also his
German elections: ‘A bad feeling is growing’ as country looks for bridge to better future
On Sunday, 59.2 million German voters go to the polls at a time of unprecedented domestic and international tensions
Polls indicate German federal election will return Merkel-style coalition
Christian Democratic Union likely to finish first and ask centre-left Social Democratic Party to form centrist alliance, sidelining Olaf Scholz
Sabotaged car exhausts make for unlikely form of election interference as Germany heads to the polls on Sunday
Russian agents suspected of stoking anti–Green sentiment with vandalism and bumper stickers of party leader
Germany votes: Far-right AfD looks to broaden its base
Once an eastern regional force, the party is building broader support
Germany to set up centralised deportation facilities in bid to tackle migration
Opposition politicians denounce ‘Dublin Centres’ as pre-election gestures by a government that has lost control of asylum process
Germany votes: ‘I have a bad feeling about this election’
Party founded to help workers improve their lives through political action and involvement is struggling amid growing resistance among voters to listen and engage
Europeans warn of malevolent ‘spirit of Munich’ as imperfect peace talks loom over Ukraine
Approach of new Trump administration a necessary ‘cold shower’ for EU, says Czech president
Mother and daughter (2) die from injuries after Munich car-ramming attack
Chancellor Olaf Scholz visited the scene of the attack on Saturday
Taoiseach rejects Zelenskiy call for ‘armed forces of Europe’
Micheál Martin says Ireland continues to stand with Ukraine but ‘a European army isn’t on the agenda’
Golden rule of Munich Security Conference goes out window as Vance lectures on ‘enemy within’
Czech president says European countries cannot be excluded from Ukraine ceasefire talks if they are to take more responsibility for security
European leaders left in stunned silence as JD Vance harangues them over approach to far right
Munich Security Conference had expected to hear Trump’s plans for ending the war in Ukraine
The Swiss-based ex-banker who leads Germany’s far right: Alice Weidel plays the long game
Party officials feel they can secure a blocking minority in the next Bundestag, the point when Weidel will become Germany’s most uncomfortable and unavoidable politician
By flirting with the far right, Europe’s centre-right parties play a dangerous game
Worldview: History suggests that such pacts with the devil end badly
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This and The World after Gaza: holding the West to account
Omar El Akkad sees a future in which western intelligentsias will whitewash their past complaisance, but Pankaj Mishra is in little doubt that attitudes will broadly remain the same
Zelenskiy says peace deal possible only after plan is agreed with US and Europe
US vice-president JD Vance says European leaders ‘running in fear of your own voters’
Man confesses to Munich car ramming that injured 36, prosecutor says
Afghan national (24) arrested after car ploughed into demonstrators gathered in city centre
Munich car attack: eerie echoes of other violent incidents in Germany
Suspect (24) is detained after incident at a trade union demonstration in the city
German elections: Olaf Scholz denies his ‘court jester’ jibe was racist
Berlin’s culture minister says remarks by chancellor were ‘humiliating’
As Dresden commemorates its darkest day, some are hoping to rewrite history
Far-right parties are pushing a new approach which casts Germans as the main victims of the second World War
A neuropsychologist’s view on Donald Trump: We’re seeing the impact of power on the human brain
US president is proving capable of shredding the rules-based world order and replacing it with a gangland ethos in the Putin mould
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