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German politics

  • Sunday, 25 August, 2024
    Germany
    Man arrested over knife attack in German town of Solingen

    Isis claims responsibility for incident that left three dead and has fanned national debate over immigration

    Federal Police officers, wearing tactical gear, escort the Solingen knife attack suspect out of a helicopter to his arraignment at the Federal Supreme Court in Karlsruhe, Germany, on 25 August 2024.
  • Friday, 23 August, 2024
    Ben Hall
    Ukraine is the victim in Germany’s botched budget debate

    Olaf Scholz’s decision to scale back military aid to Kyiv only encourages Russia

    German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky
  • Thursday, 22 August, 2024
    News in-depth
    Germany’s far-left disrupter claims credit for limiting aid to Ukraine

    Sahra Wagenknecht’s party rises in polls ahead of regional elections in eastern German states

    Sahra Wagenknecht, leader of the left-wing Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW), addresses an election campaign rally in Altenburg, Thuringia, eastern Germany, on August 20, 2024, ahead of the state election in Thuringia. She is standing at a podium, speaking into a microphone with a backdrop featuring her name.
  • Monday, 19 August, 2024
    War in Ukraine
    German finance minister under fire for Ukraine aid veto

    Christian Lindner wrote to colleagues warning he will reject fresh military assistance requests

    Christian Lindner
  • Friday, 16 August, 2024
    News in-depth
    How Germany’s ban on a far-right magazine backfired

    Before being prohibited last month, few Germans had heard of Compact. Now it claims ‘everyone wants a copy’

    A montage of Nancy Faeser and the Compact logo
  • Wednesday, 14 August, 2024
    German police sealed off air base over sabotage fears

    Move reflects heightened concern that Russia may be plotting violent acts across Europe

    Security gates at the Cologne-Wahn base
  • Wednesday, 14 August, 2024
    Constanze Stelzenmüller
    Extremist surge in eastern Germany threatens a political earthquake

    Government parties and mainstream opposition face a dire set of results in three state elections next month

    Sahra Wagenknecht
  • Friday, 2 August, 2024
    News in-depthEvan Gershkovich
    The behind-the-scenes deal to secure Evan Gershkovich’s freedom

    Most complex east-west exchange in decades was almost scuppered by death of Russian dissident Alexei Navalny

    Evan Gershkovich stands inside a glass defendant’s cage during the verdict announcement at the Sverdlovsk Regional Court in Yekaterinburg in July
  • Tuesday, 30 July, 2024
    German court backs government plans to curb number of lawmakers

    Rapidly expanding Bundestag prompts Olaf Scholz’s coalition to try to cap members of parliament in the lower house

    View of Reichstag building, seat of the German lower house of parliament Bundestag
  • Wednesday, 24 July, 2024
    Olaf Scholz
    Scholz says he will seek second term as German chancellor

    Leader has dire approval ratings after coalition infighting but remains convinced over ‘turning things round’ in time for 2025 election

    German Chancellor Olaf Scholz addresses the media
  • Wednesday, 24 July, 2024
    Germany
    Germany shuts ‘Blue Mosque’ and bans Shia group for extremism

    Islamic Centre of Hamburg accused of backing ‘totalitarian rule’ and Lebanese militant group Hizbollah

    German police secure the compound of the Blue Mosque in Hamburg on Wednesday
  • Tuesday, 23 July, 2024
    Germany agrees constitutional fixes to protect supreme court

    Move addresses growing concerns that far-right parties might seek to undermine body’s independence

    Members of the Constitutional Court in Germany
  • Monday, 22 July, 2024
    The Big Read
    Isolated Germany fears a second Trump term

    The possibility that a new administration could weaken security guarantees and increase tariffs on US imports is causing angst in Berlin

    A composite image showing the Reichstag and a silhouette of Donald Trump
  • Saturday, 20 July, 2024
    Europe Express
    The pillars of German security are shaking Premium content

    Political upheavals in France and the US are causing anxiety in Berlin

    French president Emmanuel Macron (L) and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz participate in Working Session of the NATO Summit at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington.
  • Friday, 12 July, 2024
    Angela Merkel
    Angela Merkel’s imagined new career as a detective hits Italian screens

    Comedy portrays former leader, once Europe’s most powerful politician, solving murders in her retirement

    A TV still from the series ‘Miss Merkel’ of Katharina Thalbach as Angela Merkel with her dog
  • Thursday, 11 July, 2024
    News in-depthEmmanuel Macron
    Europe braced for a weakened Macron

    French Europhile president will be distracted by domestic problems and less inclined to shake things up

    A montage of Emmanuel Macron and the European flag featuring a circle of 12 gold stars
  • Wednesday, 10 July, 2024
    European Parliament
    German far right forms own group in European parliament

    Alternative for Germany fell out with Marine Le Pen’s party but found other lawmakers to set up new faction

    Alice Weidel, co-leader of the Afd
  • Monday, 8 July, 2024
    Nato
    German defence minister deplores meagre military spending

    Boris Pistorius’s criticism comes on eve of Nato summit in Washington

    German defence minister Boris Pistorius rides a tank
  • Friday, 5 July, 2024
    Scholz unveils budget after tensions inside German coalition

    Package includes measures to boost corporate investment, tax incentives for R&D and plans for longer working hours

    Christian Lindner, Robert Habeck and Olaf Scholz
  • Wednesday, 3 July, 2024
    Germany vetoes sale of sensitive turbine unit to Chinese group

    Blocking of MAN Energy’s proposed deal reflects Berlin’s more security-conscious relations with Beijing

    A MAN Energy gas turbine
  • Sunday, 30 June, 2024
    Alternative for Germany
    Germany’s AfD hopes for far-right victory in France

    Alice Weidel says she has her ‘fingers crossed’ for Marine Le Pen despite strained ties between their parties

    Alice Weidel with re-elected co-leader of the AfD Tino Chrupalla, and other party figures
  • Wednesday, 26 June, 2024
    OutlookGuy Chazan
    Swastikas and jackboots: an emboldened far right visits Buchenwald

    Holocaust deniers and conspiracy theorists are stepping up attacks on a potent symbol of remembrance

    A large wooden gatehouse with a square arch for road traffic
  • Tuesday, 25 June, 2024
    Germany
    New German citizens must acknowledge Israel’s right to exist

    Berlin overhauls nationality criteria to include adherence to the country’s values

    A person holding a German passport
  • Monday, 17 June, 2024
    European Union
    EU leaders request more time to reach deal on bloc’s top officials

    Commission president Ursula von der Leyen looks to be on course to secure second five-year term

    Ursula von der Leyen
  • Sunday, 16 June, 2024
    Lewis Baston
    Election exposes paradoxical reactions to open EU borders

    European integration generates rightwing nationalist politics in the west and market liberalism in the east

    Ben Hickey illustration of a figure running on top of two yellow stars on a blue background, looking like it is a fragment of the EU flag.
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