Berlin’s decision risks hampering borderless travel in Schengen area
Allegations against Jörg Dornau are latest scandal to engulf AfD over links to authoritarian governments
Bloc’s officials say opposition to UniCredit’s move on German lender at odds with Berlin’s pro-EU stance
Structural problems mean country will struggle to return to pre-pandemic rates of economic expansion, say leading institutes
Support for ruling coalition party collapses amid backlash against climate policies and its stance on asylum seekers
The fracturing of politics in the Federal Republic threatens western unity and support for Kyiv
Preliminary result shows Olaf Scholz’s party narrowly fending off AfD
Senior figures in German government believe Italian lender took ‘stealthy’ approach to stakebuilding
Local Social Democrats warn voters it is ‘us or them’ in bid to defeat AfD in eastern state election
Move sets up duel between CDU chief and SPD incumbent Olaf Scholz in 2025 poll
Opposition politicians riled by top government officials caught unaware of talks with Italian lender
Polls find centre-left politician is least popular chancellor since German reunification
Berlin plans to carry out checks at all land frontiers in a bid to stem illegal migration
Berlin ‘naive’ to put key lender to Mittelstand companies on the line, says Verdi
Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s government steps up response to demand for tougher line on irregular immigration
Good results for the far-right AfD in regional elections came as VW dealt a blow to manufacturing jobs
More than three decades after the end of communist rule, the victory of the AfD in a state election in the east underlines a lingering political divide
Incident comes on anniversary of 1972 Olympic Games terror attacks in city
Two state election results force conservative CDU into awkward negotiations with ex-Communist Sahra Wagenknecht
Alternative for Germany won its first regional election but still has no viable path to govern
Even outside government, the AfD can exert a pernicious influence
Ghosts from the former GDR stalk an increasingly polarised region
Olaf Scholz says AfD is ‘damaging’ country after its win in eastern state
Alternative for Germany wins a regional election for the first time since WWII.
Poll delivers disastrous results for parties in Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s three-way coalition government
