With old political certainties withering and new populist parties surging, the 75th birthday party for German parliamentary democracy is a festival of strange bedfellows
Ruling ends lengthy stand-off between Berlin and constitutional court in Karlsruhe
Icy welcome from former colleagues for new party in Bundestag
Sonneberg district victory for party candidate Robert Sesselmann will compel other political parties to work with Alternative für Deutschland
Evelyn Zupke describes herself as a ‘model socialist child’ until teenage rebellion kicked in and she realised that the grand promises of German socialism were false
British monarch says the UK and Germany have shown ‘vital leadership’ as Europe’s largest military aid donors to Ukraine
Air of weary resignation as chancellor decides to send Leopards to Ukraine
Far-right movement had advanced plans to ‘arrest and execute’ enemies as part of alleged coup
Birgit Malsack-Winkemann spoke alongside IFP leader Hermann Kelly on two occasions
Plans to liberalise German citizenship laws have divided Berlin’s ruling coalition just as it marks its first year in office
With the city-state’s September 2021 election declared invalid, a former politician claims non-elected candidates are just ‘playing at parliament’
Former spy Matthias Warnig also quits board of oil giant after controversy in Germany
Former leader a pariah in Germany after refusing to condemn Putin over Ukraine
Whether the Scholz administration can retain political and public support for what is to come depends on finding a compelling narrative of necessity
China’s Xi Jinping tells Joe Biden that conflicts such as Ukraine are in no one’s interests
Ukrainian president calls on country to match words with more decisive deeds
Gerhard Schröder is a long-time friend of Putin and sits on two Russian boards
Ukrainian delegate says ceasefire talks with Russian side on Monday were difficult
Germany and other EU states are breaking taboos with their response to Putin’s aggression
EU to buy arms for Kyiv and aim sanctions at banks, media, air travel and oligarchs
Chancellor Olaf Scholz presents radical rethink of German foreign and energy policy
SPD’s Zimmermann makes comment in advance of Taoiseach’s official visit to Berlin
Jörg Meuthen says AfD’s heart ‘beats very far to the right’ with ‘echoes of totalitarianism’
Far right and left parties have quietly been dropping their hardest eurosceptic policies
New leader takes office as Germany battles Covid-19 surge and faces series of geopolitical challenges
Germany has imposed restrictions on unvaccinated amid Covid surge
Top public health official warns that Germany is heading for ‘a very bad Christmas’
Berlin’s wish for continuity set to collide in Bundestag with calls for change
Centre-right party begins search for third leader in three years
Jörg Meuthen increasingly at odds with other senior figures over direction of far-right party
Analysis: Centre-left SPD wins election with snappy campaign and clear messaging
Angela Merkel’s CDU suffers slump in support, leaving centre-rivals with ‘visible mandate’ to govern
Ruling CDU heads into post-Merkel era with fiasco as support slides eight points
September 26th vote to determine who will succeed Angela Merkel in Europe’s hot seat
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