Germany

CDU leader indicates he is open to common European nuclear umbrella

The message of a new film about his life is that heroism but can be achieved by fallible people stumbling along

Commissioner Felix Klein said ‘any proposal that can help alleviate the suffering in Gaza should be seriously discussed’

Chancellor-designate faces opposition in his own party and a delicate balance in reconvened Bundestag, which must approve measures

Berlin recognises the rule to avoid burdening future generations is too onerous to kickstart today’s economic growth

Incoming chancellor Friedrich Merz’s Christian Democratic-led bloc and the rival Social Democrats are speeding ahead with plans to boost investment

Incoming chancellor Friedrich Merz seeks to shore up defence, infrastructure

Far-right FPO finds itself in opposition in Austria despite winning last September’s election

Driver detained as police say there are no indications of extremist or religious links to the incident

Two classic recipes that are both economical and easily elevated with a cheffy twist or two

From Dáil speaking rights row to the German elections, it's your essential end-of-week politics catch-up

Europe’s economic powerhouse is faltering due to competition from China in manufacturing, an ageing population and influx of foreign nationals with limited education

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?

The German party’s secret weapon is its self-radicalising multipliers

Party doubled its support to win 152 seats in the Bundestag in Sunday’s federal vote

Germany’s likely next chancellor says Europe must achieve security and defence independence from US

Uncertain outlook in Berlin as man who is likely to be next chancellor has to convince sceptical voters he can deliver change

Friedrich Merz is on track to be the next German chancellor in election where far-right AfD doubled support

A tired-looking Olaf Scholz says that just as the 2021 victory was his, the 2025 defeat was also his

On Sunday, 59.2 million German voters go to the polls at a time of unprecedented domestic and international tensions

Christian Democratic Union likely to finish first and ask centre-left Social Democratic Party to form centrist alliance, sidelining Olaf Scholz

Russian agents suspected of stoking anti–Green sentiment with vandalism and bumper stickers of party leader

Once an eastern regional force, the party is building broader support

Opposition politicians denounce ‘Dublin Centres’ as pre-election gestures by a government that has lost control of asylum process

Party founded to help workers improve their lives through political action and involvement is struggling amid growing resistance among voters to listen and engage

Approach of new Trump administration a necessary ‘cold shower’ for EU, says Czech president

Chancellor Olaf Scholz visited the scene of the attack on Saturday

Micheál Martin says Ireland continues to stand with Ukraine but ‘a European army isn’t on the agenda’

Czech president says European countries cannot be excluded from Ukraine ceasefire talks if they are to take more responsibility for security

Munich Security Conference had expected to hear Trump’s plans for ending the war in Ukraine

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

Worldview: History suggests that such pacts with the devil end badly

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

US vice-president JD Vance says European leaders ‘running in fear of your own voters’

Afghan national (24) arrested after car ploughed into demonstrators gathered in city centre

Suspect (24) is detained after incident at a trade union demonstration in the city

Berlin’s culture minister says remarks by chancellor were ‘humiliating’

Far-right parties are pushing a new approach which casts Germans as the main victims of the second World War

US president is proving capable of shredding the rules-based world order and replacing it with a gangland ethos in the Putin mould

Ahead 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 Bundestag