Christian Lindner

Italian bank UniCredit’s bid for German stalwart Commerzbank provokes outrage

However, State sold shares accumulated during 2008-2010 banking crisis to bidder in auction

Tue Sept 24 2024 - 16:02

Sun goes down on German economy as recession drags on and government spending is slashed

Solar industry layoffs are tip of iceberg in a beleaguered German market facing little growth and much-needed fiscal belt-tightening

Tue Apr 02 2024 - 05:45

‘We had a golden decade before the pandemic where everything seemed financeable thanks to low interest rates’

German finance minister Christina Lindner on the challenges facing Germany from the Ukraine war, to inflation, and low growth and productivity

Fri Feb 16 2024 - 05:30

Solution to immigration challenge is tighter controls, German finance minister tells Dublin

Christian Lindner says German economy has problems with its ‘fitness’ as Michael McGrath hails €42bn business with Ireland’s largest EU trading partner

Tue Feb 13 2024 - 18:07

Trading deal for North must not endanger EU’s single market - German finance minister

Christian Lindner is in Dublin for talks with his Irish counterparts on a range of issues

Mon Feb 12 2024 - 18:11

German coalition strikes deal to fill €17bn budget hole

Arrangement that will see cuts to green investment follows weeks of political upheaval

Wed Dec 13 2023 - 18:39

Local council revolt mirrors growing German budget standoff

As fears grow of Germany as the ‘sick man of Europe’, the FDP’s embrace of the debt brake sits uncomfortably with massive investment required for Berlin’s green and digital economic transformation

Thu Aug 10 2023 - 05:00

John FitzGerald: Success of pandemic measures shows merit of discretion in EU fiscal rules

Obsessive focus on avoiding indebtedness forces countries to slam on the breaks in hard times, making the damage far worse than necessary

Fri May 05 2023 - 05:00

Germany poised to acquire missile defence system

Talks under way to buy version of Israeli system for intercepting long-range missiles

Mon Mar 28 2022 - 16:13

German coalition garners positive reviews 100 dizzying days in

Scholz era being shaped by war as government adapts in real time to a rapidly shifting world

Mon Mar 21 2022 - 18:50

Irish neutrality may face questions as EU leaders gather on defence

Few in Government are willing to consider out loud a referendum on neutral status

Thu Mar 10 2022 - 01:00

Berlin boosts military spending to combat Putin’s ‘war of aggression’

Chancellor Olaf Scholz presents radical rethink of German foreign and energy policy

Sun Feb 27 2022 - 12:44

New German government picks Joachim Nagel as Bundesbank chief

Nagel replaces Jens Weidmann, who quit five years early after a decade of opposition to ECB policy

Mon Dec 20 2021 - 10:46

Chanel’s advent flop, Holmes on the stand and Bambi the finance minister

Planet Business: Dreaming of a steel Christmas

Sat Dec 11 2021 - 05:44

Jam for all promised as Germany enters post-Merkel era

SPD-led coalition promises ‘decade of investment’ but fails to explain who will pay for it

Fri Dec 03 2021 - 05:19

SPD leader Scholz calls for coalition talks after German election win

Angela Merkel’s CDU suffers slump in support, leaving centre-rivals with ‘visible mandate’ to govern

Mon Sept 27 2021 - 10:06

Germany tilts towards centre-left victory as SPD edges ahead in election

Ruling CDU heads into post-Merkel era with fiasco as support slides eight points

Sun Sept 26 2021 - 22:21

Germany’s federal election: The parties, polls, coalitions... and how it all works

September 26th vote to determine who will succeed Angela Merkel in Europe’s hot seat

Fri Sept 17 2021 - 16:30

German MPs ditch Brexit for climate action amid budget debate

Angela Merkel calls for a ‘show of strength’ from EU on environment and digitalisation

Wed Sept 11 2019 - 21:06

Merkel faces uncertain future as coalition talks collapse

Liberal Free Democrats unexpectedly walk out of ‘chaotic’ talks with CDU and Greens

Mon Nov 20 2017 - 08:46

Angela Merkel urges compromise as coalition talks stall

German leader tries to forge a new government as support for her alliance plunges

Sun Nov 12 2017 - 20:38

German parties begin their coalition mating ritual

Angela Merkel insists she has options, but her party’s match has already been made

Sat Sept 30 2017 - 01:00

German election may curtail Macron’s ambitions for EU integration

Angela Merkel’s weakened parliamentary mandate seriously undercuts the possibility of support for the French president’s proposals

Wed Sept 27 2017 - 01:00

Germany’s AfD splits as election success gives way to acrimony

Officials of far-right party order leader Frauke Petry to leave over rhetorical differences

Tue Sept 26 2017 - 01:00

Schäuble will be elected on Sunday but will he be finance minister?

Price paid by Merkel for coalition may see the flinty politician sidelined in favour of FDP candidate

Wed Sept 20 2017 - 06:52

Merkel under pressure as FDP bounces back in Hamburg

Christian Democratic Union officials are demanding the party challenge the euro-critical AfD with tougher line on security and migration

Tue Feb 17 2015 - 01:00

FDP looks to angels to give it wings in Hamburg election

Ailing party’s campaign flirts with and fights against German sexist streak

Sat Feb 14 2015 - 01:00