Angela Merkel

The choice confronting voters will be whether the attraction of change outweighs the stability and general prosperity offered by the Government parties

Angela Merkel’s finance minister pulled the strings of Germany’s response to eurozone debt crisis

Russian embassy denies involvement in hoax video call

Constitutional court ruling leaves the country’s federal budget in disarray and threatens investment in climate transition projects, rail system upgrades and Intel factory

Berlin Letter: The conflict in Gaza has led both to a rise in anti-Semitism and accusations of excessive crackdowns on expressions of support for Palestine

Merkel suggested Israel’s security was Germany’s Staatsräson (raison d’etre) but how far, and how unconditional, is that support in these challenging times?

How the country's main opposition leader tackles the increasingly popular Alternative für Deutschland will go a long way to determining whether he gets an opportunity to become chancellor

Ukraine’s wish to join the alliance is at the top of the agenda at the Nato summit in Vilnius next week, but there’s no clear consensus on how Nato should respond

Move prompts criticism in Berlin over the ex-chancellor’s mixed record on energy security and Russia

Billionaire Mathias Döpfner’s messages denounce Merkel’s politics and pray for Trump’s re-election

British monarch says the UK and Germany have shown ‘vital leadership’ as Europe’s largest military aid donors to Ukraine

Former German chancellor turns crime-solver in a fictionalised series that has split critics but tickled many viewers

In era of identity politics, it is not clear what Merz will do about others in party who share Maassen’s views

Former German chancellor accepts she did not respond adequately to Moscow’s aggression before invasion of Ukraine

Former German chancellor says she had hoped to convene talks with Russian leader before Ukraine invasion

Europe Letter: ‘Moral hazard’ cited by Berlin during financial crisis of 2008 looms large during likely gas restrictions

Russian leader is left shifting his weight and pulling uncomfortable faces in front of cameras for nearly a minute

Analysis: The German chancellor insisted the G7 contribution of €4.5bn towards the fight against world famine was ‘a very important building block for the total task’

Politics: German leader’s gradualism on Russia proved to be its own kind of dereliction

Former German chancellor tells interviewer she does not believe her actions contributed to Ukraine war

Former chancellor rejects claims that she put German interests with Russia ahead of Ukrainian demands to join Nato and EU

Inside Politics: Dutch prime minister and senior US democrat arrive in Ireland

Europe’s southern states, often chastised for fiscal laxity, have defied expectations in the Ukraine crisis

Chancellor Olaf Scholz has broken with the small-steps caution of Angela Merkel, often accused of doing the right thing at the wrong time

If Macron’s presidency is to be truly transformational, he himself must change

Cantillon: Irish wind energy could be sold to energy-hungry German industrialists

U2 singer awarded Fulbright Prize for International Understanding

London Letter: The moral certainty in the air contrasts with government’s feeble response

Politics: Central to the appeal of populism is the idea of the effective strongman. Recent events are showing us the fumbling strongman

Shock of Al-Qaeda’s attacks on the US in 2001 led to some catastrophic responses

World View: Europe’s major powers are bystanders in what is a straight fight between the US and Russia

The threat of conflict has been enough to unsettle neighbours and win concessions

The most memorable utterances of the year on bitcoin, climate action and more

There are yawning gaps between the rate of Covid-19 vaccinations in high- and low-income nations

Triumph of science is the big story this year, but we still struggle with the truth

New German chancellor faces three Russian challenges as tensions rise over Ukraine

Planet Business: Dreaming of a steel Christmas

German chancellor and French president look to ‘Normandy format’ to reduce tensions

Russia keeps up barrage of hostile rhetoric as Putin compares Ukraine war zone to genocide

New leader takes office as Germany battles Covid-19 surge and faces series of geopolitical challenges