Winter election in the air for Germany as Olaf Scholz under pressure to get the timing right
Chancellor is open to moving poll date forward to January, but some fear early vote will bring high risks for smaller parties
Olaf Scholz finally delivers on dynamic promise as firing of Germany’s finance chief blows up his coalition
German chancellor morphs from soft-spoken lawyer into Scholzilla on live TV, saying there is ‘no basis of trust for further co-operation’
Germany’s coalition stands on a knife edge after Olaf Scholz fires finance minister
Chancellor accuses FDP leader Christian Lindner of ‘egotism’, but will wait until January to call snap election
ECHR to examine case of Irishman Oisín Osborn, shot dead by Hamburg police in May 2019
Osborn family believe killing of son resulted from excessive police force
German police arrest eight suspected members of right-wing group plotting ‘ethnic cleansing’ campaign
Prosecutors say members 'share a fundamental renunciation of the free democratic order' of the German state
Multi-billion stimulus plan proposed for Germany
German economics minister Robert Habeck argues country trapped in vicious circle of low growth and a tight fiscal corset
Germany’s Scholz faces wrath of business leaders against grim economic backdrop
Chancellor under pressure amid sluggish economy and opposition leader’s popularity
Where is our hot moral indignation when it comes to the fathers of the babies found at Tuam?
Small Things Like These misses an essential truth about Catholic Ireland
German mayor resigns over homophobic abuse
Neubrandenburg’s town council has voted to ban the LGBT+ rainbow flag from its train station
Biden calls for greater backing for Ukraine and praises German support on short visit to Berlin
US president in Germany to hold talks with Olaf Scholz, Emmanuel Macron and Keir Starmer
Germany wrestles with its arms sales to Israel
Legal and ideological concerns including claims of genocide influence Berlin as it calibrates its supply of weapons in the context of the wars in Gaza and Lebanon
EU considers controversial deportation sites outside its borders
Proposal would see asylum seekers deported to ‘hubs’ outside of the EU then returned to home countries
Ex-Stasi officer sentenced over Berlin Wall killing in 1974
Polish man Czeslaw Kukuczka was shot in the back as he tried to escape to West Germany
Germany struggles with complexities of its relationship with Israel as war and suffering continue
In the country of the Holocaust, pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian camps have spent the last year facing off on a daily basis
Populist German politicians agree on Russia but clash on migration in first debate
Parties of two alpha females of German politics now attract nearly 30% of national support in opinion polls