Bundestag backs record borrowing packageThree-party alliance backs borrowing package of €500 billion for infrastructure projects and an effective blank cheque for defence and security spendingTue Mar 18 2025 - 19:15
Bundestag to go out with a bang by debating €1 trillion stimulus plan Unprecedented package for defence, climate and infrastructure spendingMon Mar 17 2025 - 19:00
‘The most Irish place on mainland Europe’ celebrates St Patrick’s DayPolice stepped up security measures but reported no serious incidentsSun Mar 16 2025 - 18:50
Munich tightens security measures for St Patrick’s Day parade Event comes a month after two died in a car attack in the cityFri Mar 14 2025 - 19:00
Bundesbank warns incoming chancellor Merz of costs of runaway borrowingGreens agree to back €1 trillion investment planFri Mar 14 2025 - 17:37
Germany’s Merz woos Greens with €50 billion climate package for defence voteGreens also likely to push controversial bill to reform German abortion law Thu Mar 13 2025 - 18:48
Europe to stand united in face of trade war, Minister for Finance saysPaschal Donohoe confident US pharma will not walk away from long-term investment in Irish plants and people Thu Mar 13 2025 - 17:02
German Bundestag buries Swabian housewife under €1 trillion debt pileWith an eye on Donald Trump’s Nato threats, Friedrich Merz has a plan that will permit effectively unlimited spending on defenceThu Mar 13 2025 - 05:00
Volkswagen grapples with sliding earnings amid crisis Losses in China and cost of closing Audi plant in Brussels outstripping growth in South America and sales revenue in North America and Europe Wed Mar 12 2025 - 06:00
As NordStream operator fights legal action in Europe, speculation of US-Russian pipeline partnership growsIs a US-led consortium interested in buying or leasing the pipelines from their Russian owners, or is it ‘a tale from Absurdistan’?Tue Mar 11 2025 - 06:00
Incoming German coalition promises crack down on immigrationCDU leader indicates he is open to common European nuclear umbrellaSun Mar 09 2025 - 19:00
Volkswagen bets on new EV to recapture Beetle glory daysVW ID.Every1 will be available from 2027Fri Mar 07 2025 - 15:16
Trump’s Gaza development plans worth ‘a closer look’, says Germany’s commissioner against anti-SemitismCommissioner Felix Klein said ‘any proposal that can help alleviate the suffering in Gaza should be seriously discussed’Thu Mar 06 2025 - 17:55
Germany’s Merz faces dramatic showdown on two fronts amid defence and infrastructure challengesChancellor-designate faces opposition in his own party and a delicate balance in reconvened Bundestag, which must approve measuresThu Mar 06 2025 - 05:00
Germany’s Merz unveils €900bn borrowing plan for security and infrastructureIncoming chancellor Friedrich Merz seeks to shore up defence, infrastructureTue Mar 04 2025 - 19:00
US pause on military aid to Ukraine already in effect as trains are halted, says Polish PMVon der Leyen says Europe is in an ‘era of rearmament’ as Trump pulls back US securityTue Mar 04 2025 - 10:46
Tensions remain as Austria finally gets a new government and Germans start talking about oneFar-right FPO finds itself in opposition in Austria despite winning last September’s electionMon Mar 03 2025 - 19:10
Polish anti-abortion activist ordered to apologise for calling former taoiseach Leo Varadkar a ‘deviant’Kaja Godek said homosexuality was a 'deviation' on a Polish talkshow in 2018Mon Mar 03 2025 - 06:00
Overheard chat on the train showed me the secret behind far-right AfD’s growth in GermanyThe German party’s secret weapon is its self-radicalising multipliersWed Feb 26 2025 - 15:02
Merz warns it is ‘five minutes to midnight’ for Europe amid Trump Nato concernsGermany’s likely next chancellor says Europe must achieve security and defence independence from US Mon Feb 24 2025 - 20:12
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 changeMon Feb 24 2025 - 18:43
Germany on course for grand coalition between conservatives and social democrats after CDU victoryFriedrich Merz is on track to be the next German chancellor in election where far-right AfD doubled supportMon Feb 24 2025 - 09:01
Germany faces tricky talks on new coalition as far-right AfD becomes electoral forceA tired-looking Olaf Scholz says that just as the 2021 victory was his, the 2025 defeat was also hisSun Feb 23 2025 - 20:58
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 tensionsSun Feb 23 2025 - 06:00
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 ScholzFri Feb 21 2025 - 15:34
Sabotaged car exhausts make for unlikely form of election interference as Germany heads to the polls on SundayRussian agents suspected of stoking anti–Green sentiment with vandalism and bumper stickers of party leaderFri Feb 21 2025 - 06:00
Germany votes: Far-right AfD looks to broaden its baseOnce an eastern regional force, the party is building broader support Wed Feb 19 2025 - 20:01
Germany to set up centralised deportation facilities in bid to tackle migrationOpposition politicians denounce ‘Dublin Centres’ as pre-election gestures by a government that has lost control of asylum processWed Feb 19 2025 - 06:00
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 engageTue Feb 18 2025 - 05:00
European leaders meet over Trump plan for talks to end Ukraine warUS view that Europe should not be part of the negotiations sparks alarm in EU capitalsMon Feb 17 2025 - 06:05
Europeans warn of malevolent ‘spirit of Munich’ as imperfect peace talks loom over UkraineApproach of new Trump administration a necessary ‘cold shower’ for EU, says Czech president Sun Feb 16 2025 - 18:00
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’Sat Feb 15 2025 - 16:51
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 securitySat Feb 15 2025 - 12:20
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 politicianSat Feb 15 2025 - 09:00
Zelenskiy says peace deal possible only after plan is agreed with US and EuropeUS vice-president JD Vance says European leaders ‘running in fear of your own voters’Fri Feb 14 2025 - 20:01
Munich car attack: eerie echoes of other violent incidents in GermanySuspect (24) is detained after incident at a trade union demonstration in the cityFri Feb 14 2025 - 08:12
German elections: Olaf Scholz denies his ‘court jester’ jibe was racistBerlin’s culture minister says remarks by chancellor were ‘humiliating’Thu Feb 13 2025 - 18:15
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 WarWed Feb 12 2025 - 18:19
The fall and fall of Germany’s liberal Free DemocratsAhead of the February 23rd federal election, the party is on 4 per cent in all polls – one point short of the 5 per cent hurdle to enter the BundestagTue Feb 11 2025 - 13:33
Scholz and Merz leave voters unimpressed after televised debateChancellor fails to make up ground two weeks ahead of election dayMon Feb 10 2025 - 13:13
Irish star conductor David Brophy on his big new job in Germany: ‘You only become competent when you’re 60′The Dubliner is thrilling critics at his new musical home in Cologne but he still finds time to worry about Ireland’s cultural capitalSun Feb 09 2025 - 06:00
Has Friedrich Merz, the man who would be chancellor of Germany, really opened the ‘doors to hell’?As elections approach, leader of the opposition CDU presents voters with a centre-right cocktail that is remixed on a daily basisSat Feb 08 2025 - 06:00
After the split, Germany’s Left party goes back to basics in bid to rise againSahra Wagenknecht’s populist BSW alliance falters after its anti-migration programme initially chimed with votersThu Feb 06 2025 - 16:33
Bundestag MPs reject migration bill by Christian Democratic Union and backed by far-right Alternative for GermanyResult was a shock for CDU leader Friedrich MerzFri Jan 31 2025 - 20:44
Eerie silence in Bundestag as far-right AfD sees chink of lightOpposition accepts AfD support for hot-button migration proposalFri Jan 31 2025 - 05:00
As German election nears, Scholz accuses rival of courting populists and far rightChristian Democratic Union leader Friedrich Merz blames chancellor for ‘law and order’ crisisWed Jan 29 2025 - 19:00
Auschwitz survivors mark 80th anniversary of camp’s liberation‘Last milestone anniversary’ will see political leaders, including Taoiseach Micheál Martin, listening to survivors’ voices rather than making speechesMon Jan 27 2025 - 23:39
Holocaust, the 1978 TV series that helped Germany break the silence about its past As the world remembers the Holocaust, some Germans see a period ahead that echoes the widespread amnesia in the postwar periodMon Jan 27 2025 - 14:50
Auschwitz survivors to visit home of former camp commander Rudolf HössMonday is International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death campSun Jan 26 2025 - 17:39
Holocaust survivor: ‘I saw normal people in Auschwitz and I saw sadists there who killed people’As Europe faces a new wave of extreme nationalism, one of the last survivors of Auschwitz looks backSun Jan 26 2025 - 07:00
