Passchendaele dead remembered 100 years after start of horror battle

Francis Ledwidge commemorated in day to mark battle that cost 500,000 casualties

German minister warns businesses and citizens to avoid Turkey

Sigmar Gabriel comments ratchet up tensions after arrest of rights activists

Friends bid farewell to Liu Xiaobo as calls grow for wife to be allowed leave

Chinese dissident’s last words to his wife Liu Xia were ‘Live on well’

EU opposition builds to new Russian-German gas pipeline

Critics say Baltic project would boost Kremlin influence in eastern Europe

Russian hackers to blame for Qatar crisis, FBI inquiry finds

Gulf state isolated by neighbours after ‘hacking operation aimed at discrediting emir’

Macron and Le Pen shift strategies ahead of TV debate

Macron focuses on demonising his rival as Le Pen caught plagiarising Fillon in speech

Netanyahu abruptly cancels meeting with German foreign minister

Israeli PM acts after Sigmar Gabriel refuses to call off talks with human rights groups

EU leaders urge Erdogan to ‘act with responsibility’

Concerns that Turkish president may bring back death penalty after referendum victory

EU celebrates Treaty of Rome amid gloom over European project

On Merkel’s watch, German view of itself has become one of vainglorious victimhood

China overtakes US, France as Germany’s biggest trade partner

German imports from and exports to China rose to €170 billion last year

Germany must embrace role as anchor, says president Steinmeier

Country can shake off post-war insecurity and ‘give others courage’, says Social Democrat

Taking on Angela Merkel

Former European Parliament president Martin Schulz steps in as lead challenger

French far-right leader Le Pen calls on Europeans to ‘wake up’

Marine Le Pen urges European voters to ‘follow the example of Americans’

Sigmar Gabriel reported as set to run against Angela Merkel

Germany’s Social Democrat leader has decided to contest chancellorship, says ‘Bild’

What if . . . Germany doesn’t get its act together on infrastructure?

Spending crisis sees bridges slip from needing serious repairs to being public danger

Young woman’s killing in Germany stokes row about refugee policy

Chief suspect in rape and murder of Maria Ladenburger (19) is asylum seeker (17)

Mairead McGuinness confirms bid for European Parliament presidency

Irish MEP declares candidacy after news that incumbent Martin Schulz will not run

Frank-Walter Steinmeier set to be German president

Setback for Angela Merkel as SPD foreign minister in line for mainly honorary post

Hillary Clinton: ‘This is painful, and it will be for a long time’

Democrat says she hopes Trump ‘will be a president for all of the US’ in concession speech

Cracks start to show in Germany-China trade relations

As Germany benefits from openness, it fears China’s supply chain will devour its technology

Solution to European Parliament intrigue could be Mairead McGuinness

Fine Gael MEP seen as leading contender to succeed Martin Schulz as president

German government withdraws approval of Aixtron takeover

Move puts hurdle in way of €670 million purchase by Chinese investment fund

German court gives green light to EU trade deal with Canada

German constitutional court sets number of conditions for treaty to go through

Germany’s blue chips line up €5bn Deutsche Bank rescue

Plan could see revival of Deutschland AG postwar network of mutual cross-holdings

German economic minister attacks Deutsche Bank boss

Sigmar Gabriel accuses John Cryan of hypocrisy over bank’s growing financial problems

Doubts over future of TTIP trade deal between EU and US

Deal unlikely before Obama leaves office, hears Bratislava meeting of EU trade ministers

Door closing on prospects of deal to open borders to trade

EU officials concede TTIP likely to be parked until new US administration is bedded in

Protests in Brussels as talks on EU-US trade deal falter

Demonstrators protest against TTIP ahead of trade ministers’ meeting in Bratislava

Anti-immigration party rattles Merkel in Berlin ballot

Pressure on German chancellor to halt slippage as far-right AfD wins 10th state election

Merkel’s refugee policy under pressure after shock defeat

Calls for policy change after AfD win in chancellor’s home turf of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

The transatlantic trade pact that risks more harm than good

It would be unwise for European politicians to push policies to liberalise global trade and finance even further

François Hollande issues unilateral French deadline for Brexit

In foreign policy address, French president also seeks to impose deadline for Brexit

France joins calls to halt trade talks with US

Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations ‘have failed’, says Germany

Theresa May to chair first cabinet meeting on Brexit strategy

Labour spokesman compares triggering article 50 to powers of a Tudor monarch

EU-US free-trade talks have failed, says German minister

Little progress on Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, says minister

Merkel's deputy says she underestimated migrant integration challenge

Concerns about how to integrate migrants into the labour market are now rife

Merkel hoping to ease demands for immediate EU exit of UK

Commission president says he wants UK’s divorce papers on his desk ‘immediately’

European reaction: Shock and disappointment at Brexit

Angela Merkel calls for European unity after after ‘calm and confident’ analysis

EU leaders pressed to support TTIP as enthusiasm wanes

Juncker seeks backing for trade talks amidst growing criticim from some leaders

German economy powers ahead, but exports cloud picture

Economy grew by 0.7% in the first three months, the highest rate since early 2014

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