The most interesting points of difference between the two candidates to replace Angela Merkel are their plans for the EU

CDU steps up attacks on SPD in federal election campaign as final Merkel term nears end

Olaf Scholz reacts to searches targeting party ministries two weeks before election

Voters are keeping the politicians guessing – which is no bad thing

Johnson will hope to reopen the Northern Ireland protocol with her successor

What will happen to Germany and the EU after she departs the scene in September?

Chancellor says governments have to get better and faster at tackling climate change

More than 1,300 unaccounted for south of Cologne, Belgium declares day of mourning

Armin Laschet faces his most serious test amid the country’s once-in-a-century flood

Industrial Germany is a carbon addict, and the CDU is wedded to the carbon economy that has served Germany so well for 50 years

Party has suffered in polls after fierce attacks from Angela Merkel’s CDU and centre-left Social Democrats

Governing party buoyed by Saxony-Anhalt win as Germany prepares for autumn election

Huge boost for Armin Laschet in Saxony-Anhalt in bid to become German chancellor

Hans-Georg Maassen brings ‘great reset’ views to his Bundestag nomination in Thuringia

Judges order government to rewrite law to ease climate burden on future generations

Berlin Letter: Election candidate must battle rivals in chancellery bid to succeed Merkel

Government does not bear responsibility for large-scale fraud, Bundestag inquiry hears

Leader of Merkel’s CDU party to head election challenge after Bavarian rival ends bid

An estimated 330,000 Berliners have been paying reduced rent since last November

German politicians struggle to find the right words to argue for tighter restrictions

Germany in the pandemic

Chancellor apologises for adding to Germans’ uncertainty in Covid-19 pandemic

Karin Strenz (53) pronounced dead after being brought to University Hospital Limerick

A year into the pandemic, Germany’s strong performance in the first wave is a memory

Collapse in vote in regional elections could bode ill for party’s hopes in federal poll

Two MPs from Merkel’s parliamentary bloc resign ahead of important regional elections

Despite financial pledges, half of SMEs deprived of Covid-19 funds for month or more

Newly-elected CDU leader Armin Laschet takes office amid a pandemic, with all the related uncertainties, as the most influential party in Germany – and Europe – faces a busy election year

Continuity candidate wins run-off vote against conservative-liberal rival Friedrich Merz

The next CDU leader faces an unenviable task: establish himself in the party – and with the public – ahead of an election already fixed for September 2021

Nation to use rest of its EU presidency to press rest of bloc to adopt similar policies

Protests and strikes continue after disputed election and brutal crackdown

Threats to EU economy and ECB triggered historic Macron-Merkel deal on €500bn recovery fund

Gunman who killed nine in attack in Hanau sent letter to prosecutors in November

The anguished debate in Germany’s ruling party is a proxy battle for the country’s future

Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer will not seek German chancellorship after regional election debacle

For the first time in postwar history, far-right support helped a politician into office

Far-right AfD becomes kingmaker in regional election, sending tremors through Berlin

Nearing the end of her career, German chancellor is determined to preserve and defend multilateralism

New party heads in climbdown from anti-coalition rhetoric that propelled leadership bid