Volkswagen blues: Carmaker struggles to build a business for an EV future
Management, unions and owners face off at Wolfsburg plant in VW heartland against background of financial and reputational hangover from ‘dieselgate’
Volkswagen workers strike in latest unrest at carmaking giant
Two-hour stoppages can slow production on hundreds of cars at a time
‘It is a right that was violently taken away’: The Jews who want to be German again
Jews whose family members fled the Nazis in the 1930s have reclaimed their German citizenship
Pressure builds for Germany to drop ‘debt brake’
Brake back in spotlight after Angela Merkel came out in favour of reforming the spending rule
Left-conservative BSW of Sahra Wagenknecht agrees coalition deals in two eastern German states
Sahra Wagenknecht's party will share power in Brandenburg and Thuringia after attracting support with demands on Ukraine and immigration
Freedom. Memoirs 1954-2021 by Angela Merkel: A disappointing, dreary dud
All tell, little show, this memoir is strong on what happened but less so on why - and it gets worse as it continues.
Old habits die hard as Angela Merkel keeps tight hold on information in memoir
Reluctance to elaborate on the personal and political was key to the chancellor’s political longevity. It is a trait she struggles to escape in her book Freedom
Olaf Scholz wins SPD candidacy battle but may yet lose election war
Defence minister Boris Pistorious looks set to become the party’s most influential figure
Angela Merkel saw Donald Trump as spellbound by autocratic leaders
In her new memoir the German former chancellor writes that Trump seemed to find Vladimir Putin ‘very fascinating’
Once a doctor... Ursula von der Leyen assists in medical emergency on board Zurich-Brussels flight
European Commission president stepped in when captain of Swiss flight asked for anyone with medical training to make themselves known
Swedish authorities track Chinese vessel to scene of Baltic cable breaks
Prosecutors in Stockholm launch preliminary investigation into suspected sabotage, hours after Germany dubs cable failure part of a ‘hybrid operation’
Germany’s SPD has its Biden-Harris moment as Scholz’s popularity plummets
Slide in polls and Scholz-Pistorius debate have ramped up tensions for ruling party’s Bundestag members
German parties agree to February federal election
Vote will come seven months early following collapse of coalition led by Olaf Scholz
Germany’s memory battle over ‘Nie Wieder’: never again
Once the cornerstone of the country’s remembrance culture, the slogan’s meaning has become increasingly blurred
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