Law facilitates document to be changed retrospectively if wrong gender first registered

Kramp-Karrenbauer, who wants to win back conservative voters, opposed to law change

However senior officials decline to confirm support would remain in the future

Juncker says there is ‘no room whatsoever’ for renegotiation of the withdrawal treaty

Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer must grasp the nettle of migration while building power

Friedberg and Bad Nauheim pedestrian lights reflect memories of the American GI

Dossiers demand surveillance of populist party by domestic intelligence agency

Delegates feel German voters want a new start, clear decisions and long-term strategy

Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer might have a testing transition ‘co-habitating’ with Merkel

Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer’s victory puts her in pole position to be German chancellor

Many exporters are looking to Germany for opportunities amid Brexit uncertainty

Kramp-Karrenbauer is in the Merkel mould whereas Merz is seen as a departure

In total 12 people running but a close race likely between Kramp-Karrenbauer and Merz

Wolfgang Schäuble has publicly backed Friedrich Merz in what some see as revenge

Profile: Foiled in 2000, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer now tops polls to lead CDU

At least four relatives of Law and Justice party officials or employees work in its offices in Europe

Relinquishing CDU leadership seems to have freed up the buttoned-down German leader

Inquiry, sparked by Panama Papers revelations, to continue into second day

Finance minister favours minimum level of tax for multinationals

CDU leadership hopeful is learning the rich aren’t really trusted in Germany

Brussels has been in bad-tempered talks with Warsaw over judiciary reforms for two years

Every three days a German woman is killed by her partner

AfD officials urged to ‘refrain from blanket defamation of foreigners/immigrants/refugees’

France and Germany have ‘obligation not to let the world slip into chaos,’ president says

Three contenders for CDU leadership begin contest civilly but looking inward

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Angela Merkel insists alternative to deal agreed this week is disorderly Brexit

Vote against Ulf Kristersson a ‘protest against rising tide of right-wing nationalism’

German chancellor's announcement is a belated attempt to define her legacy

Ireland’s master milliner on Vivid, his huge Berlin revue, and being Irish and gay

The EU is vigilant about its borders. Brexit negotiators could learn valuable lessons here

Warsaw says it will study order but is determined to push ahead with reforms

VW says scheme is incentive to switch to cleaner vehicles and not ‘about selling new cars’

Germany’s biggest party faces a leadership crisis that dares not speak its name

More election disaster looms for CDU as chancellor moves into damage-limitation mode

Kaja Godek is being sued by 16 LGBTI+ people over comments on the Taoiseach

Rich Land, Poor Land: It is Europe’s largest economy, the EU’s biggest donor, and home to 120 billionaires

A last-minute miracle seems to be the only possibility now for the German chancellor

Malgorzata Gersdorf refuses to leave her job and accuses the government of ‘wanting to be sheriff’

Defamation case will decide line between freedom of expression and hate speech

Kaja Godek in May described Taoiseach’s homosexuality as a ‘perversion’ during television discussion

Warsaw Letter: ‘Kler’ church paedophilia and corruption plot points finger at passivity

Hamburg has already imposed bans and Frankfurt and Stuttgart to follow

Poor showings for her centre-right alliance could catalyse her transition out of power

After a multimillion-euro renovation, the arts institute is ready to spearhead a renaissance

Car bosses urge politicians to back purchase incentives instead of costly recall and refit

Portuguese footballer is accused of raping a woman at a Las Vegas hotel in 2009

Juventus star denies he assaulted 34-year-old American at Las Vegas hotel in 2009

Despite professed goodwill, ‘profound differences’ weigh on Turkish president’s trip

Disgruntled CDU backbenchers send signal to chancellor and further erode her power

New report details cases of 3,677 children abused by clerics over nearly 70 years

Far-right-controlled interior ministry calls for police to limit dealings with critical media

Attempts now begin to find new prime minister who can command parliamentary majority

Latest government row is frustrating voters and driving support for the far-right

Pamela Rendi-Wagner has been thrust into a tough role – to revive the country’s ailing centre-left

Chancellor reportedly changed her mind to favour retrofitting engines to cut emissions

Unpublished insights show how fascism swept through inter-war Germany

Also, Merkel’s alliance slips to 28%, its lowest-ever level of support in the poll’s history

Rank-and-file SPD members livid with deal seen as another humiliation for their party

Hans-Georg Maassen removed from office after playing down far-right role in Chemnitz unrest

Meeting of bishops in February called as report on abuse by German clerics emerges

Study finds evidence of nearly 4,000 cases of abuse, and says it ‘continues to take place’

Party berated in Bundestag for supporting demonstrations featuring neo-Nazis

No amount of Muslim scare stories could lift far-right above symbolic 20 per cent mark

Stefan Löfven under pressure to resign as four-party Alliance rejects invitation to talks

German (22) allegedly killed following dispute with two Afghans in Köthen

Sweden Democrats, a party with Nazi roots and anti-immigrant agenda, takes almost 18%

Results indicate that 30-year-old party with Nazi roots has taken almost 20% of vote

Sunday’s election hinges on whether Swedes still believe social solidarity defines their country

Analysts predict far-right Sweden Democrats will block pure left or right government

Far-right Sweden Democrats backed by elements linking rape and violence with migrants

Far-right party blames migration for social problems but the reality is more complex

Neo-Nazis rally in Stockholm amid attacks by migrants on Jewish communities

Between two camps – neo-Nazis and anti-fascists – stood 700 nervous police

Police struggle to contain clashes in Chemnitz after two migrant suspects arrested

Tánaiste hopes Border backstop will not be required but it is an ‘insurance mechanism’

Berlin Letter: There is an endless German appetite for critical comment from outsiders

The two are due to discuss Syria, Ukraine and Nord Stream 2 at a crucial summit

‘Clearly illegal’ sending home of Sami Aidoudi raises questions about rule of law

Man’s application rejected as authorities say he did not walk, dress or act like he was gay

Warning that unresolved trade concerns and Turkish currency crisis could change things quickly

Tunisian Sami Aidoudi says he was ‘kidnapped’ by Germany and faces torture at home

The Left Party has spent almost three decades on Bundestag opposition benches

Chancellor wants ‘fairer’ burden-sharing to more evenly distribute refugees in Europe

Farmers at wits’ end with crops that have struggled to grow since last substantial rain in May

Franziska Schreiber’s exposé claims party plays on fears in drift towards extremism

Berlin Letter: Military or civil service was abolished in 2011 – and some want it back

Chancellor’s break from predictable vacation pattern sparks rash of speculation

Stability coming under pressure of hard right- and left-wing movements

Frankfurt Letter: ‘New old town’ installed as urban regeneration threatens communities

The US has not invented new problems but has pointed out inconsistencies in Germany’s trade, foreign and defence policies

Agencies based in ‘anchor centres’ to take hardline approach, state premier says

Germany may face crop shortfalls as farming body warns of ‘worst harvest of the century’

Proposal by regional leader of far-right Freedom Party condemned by Jewish groups

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As city stages pride march, fears mount that tolerance is yielding to violence and unease

Anne Sofie von Otter blames her country’s cultural herd mentality for husband’s suicide

Beate Zschäpe sentenced in case that exposed police racism and staggering incompetence

Ten detained after Jewish man from Syria wearing Star of David is beaten up in Berlin