Europeans warn of malevolent ‘spirit of Munich’ as imperfect peace talks loom over Ukraine
Approach of new Trump administration a necessary ‘cold shower’ for EU, says Czech president
Approach of new Trump administration a necessary ‘cold shower’ for EU, says Czech president
Chancellor Olaf Scholz visited the scene of the attack on Saturday
Micheál Martin says Ireland continues to stand with Ukraine but ‘a European army isn’t on the agenda’
Czech president says European countries cannot be excluded from Ukraine ceasefire talks if they are to take more responsibility for security
Munich Security Conference had expected to hear Trump’s plans for ending the war in Ukraine
Party officials feel they can secure a blocking minority in the next Bundestag, the point when Weidel will become Germany’s most uncomfortable and unavoidable politician
Worldview: History suggests that such pacts with the devil end badly
Omar El Akkad sees a future in which western intelligentsias will whitewash their past complaisance, but Pankaj Mishra is in little doubt that attitudes will broadly remain the same
US vice-president JD Vance says European leaders ‘running in fear of your own voters’
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Suspect (24) is detained after incident at a trade union demonstration in the city
Berlin’s culture minister says remarks by chancellor were ‘humiliating’
Far-right parties are pushing a new approach which casts Germans as the main victims of the second World War
US president is proving capable of shredding the rules-based world order and replacing it with a gangland ethos in the Putin mould
Ahead of the February 23rd federal election, the party is on 4 per cent in all polls – one point short of the 5 per cent hurdle to enter the Bundestag
Several reasons for the weak performance of Europe and the US’s better-than-expected one
Chancellor fails to make up ground two weeks ahead of election day
Declan and Patsy Ryan recall receiving the restaurant industry’s highest accolade in 1974 for their Arbutus Lodge
The Dubliner is thrilling critics at his new musical home in Cologne but he still finds time to worry about Ireland’s cultural capital
As elections approach, leader of the opposition CDU presents voters with a centre-right cocktail that is remixed on a daily basis
Sahra Wagenknecht’s populist BSW alliance falters after its anti-migration programme initially chimed with voters
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Analysis: Most EU members want to co-operate on defence, but have different ideas about what co-operation means
Result was a shock for CDU leader Friedrich Merz
Opposition accepts AfD support for hot-button migration proposal
Christian Democratic Union leader Friedrich Merz blames chancellor for ‘law and order’ crisis
‘Last milestone anniversary’ will see political leaders, including Taoiseach Micheál Martin, listening to survivors’ voices rather than making speeches
As the world remembers the Holocaust, some Germans see a period ahead that echoes the widespread amnesia in the postwar period
Television: On Holocaust Remembrance Day, powerful BBC documentary The Last Musician of Auschwitz tells the remarkable story of 99-year-old cellist Anita Lasker-Wallfisch
Monday is International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camp
As Europe faces a new wave of extreme nationalism, one of the last survivors of Auschwitz looks back
Joe Veselsky (106) made his mark on Ireland after his parents and brother died in Auschwitz
Friedrich Merz promises a swift crackdown on immigration if elected as chancellor next month following a fatal attack that left two dead in Bavarian city of Aschaffenburg
Difficulties in the continent’s largest economy see as overriding theme of forthcoming election
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