Olaf Scholz

Burning an Israeli flag or praising Hamas can result in criminal charges or deportation for foreigners, vice-chancellor warns

Scholz cabinet backs rules which ease deportation procedures

Olaf Scholz’s federal government described by Sahra Wagenknech as ‘the worst in our history’

Merkel suggested Israel’s security was Germany’s Staatsräson (raison d’etre) but how far, and how unconditional, is that support in these challenging times?

The two weeks since the Hamas attack has seen a spike in anti-Semitic attacks in Germany, with stars of David and anti-Jewish slogans daubed on homes and Jewish institutions

Defence minister says Israel will no longer have ‘responsibility for life in the Gaza Strip’ once the war is over

Israel’s policy towards Gaza had led to protests and anger among many Germans

Sunday’s big loser was the Social Democratic Party of chancellor Olaf Scholz, halfway through his first term in Berlin

Attacks on politicians come at end of campaign dominated by fears over rising living costs, increase in migration

Attitudes to immigration are hardening among many in Germany in advance of Sunday’s state elections

Poland’s Law and Justice party battle external and internal critics ahead of election, with Donald Tusk pushing for return to power

Poll suggests German voters view chancellor Olaf Scholz more as a problem than a solution, with two-thirds convinced he is doing a poor job as German leader

Legislation, ahead of Bundestag vote next month, allows over-18s to change name and gender either individually or simultaneously

Ministers from Greens and FDP fall out over redistributive role of the state

Berlin buys €3.2bn missile defence system from Israeli Aerospace Industries and US company Boeing

With Berlin’s so-called traffic light coalition now blinking red, all eyes are firmly on Olaf Scholz

IMF forecasts show most EU economies to expand this year, while Germany’s set to contract

Journalists at an ARD affiliate spent weeks last year reporting on management avarice and ineffectual oversight

Candidates win mayoral and county manager roles in first for party as support grows in east of country

Sonneberg district victory for party candidate Robert Sesselmann will compel other political parties to work with Alternative für Deutschland

Proposal for joint EU strategy towards Beijing reveals lack of unity within Europe

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz signs letter of intent with Intel for a new factory complex, 150km southwest of Berlin

Former radio DJ Leif-Erik Holm is hopeful of being elected mayor of Schwerin as his party capitalises on rampant voter disaffection

Scholz says integrated approach to security included cybersecurity and countering disinformation, as well as supply chain security for food, medication, energy and critical components

Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s SPD party has slumped in polls and is now neck-and-neck with Germany’s far-right AfD

US imposes sanctions on hundreds of Russian targets as G7 summit begins

Zelenskiy dismisses fears his forces could use western weapons to attack Russia and risk further escalation

Berlin wants to show with latest arms package ‘Germany is serious in its support’ for Ukraine, says minister

Europe Letter: A citation by Olaf Scholz sounded more like something that would be shared on LinkedIn

Chancellor Scholz tells European Parliament need for the reform is ‘obvious’

Offshore wind farms connected by ‘islands’ could quadruple wind energy generation

Polls this week suggest that if elections were held on Sunday, the coalition would have no parliamentary majority

British monarch says the UK and Germany have shown ‘vital leadership’ as Europe’s largest military aid donors to Ukraine

German president Frank Walter Steinmeier said the royal couple’s visit was ‘an important signal for German-British relations’

Phase out of internal combustion engine stalled by German coalition qualms

Film derided in Germany for perceived lack of complexity but country’s unease with its own history may also be at play

Many politicians and defence analysts suggest the Zeitenwende doctrine has yet to land – politically or emotionally

The conflict has ended Germany’s three-decade post-Cold War era with a bang

Chinese diplomat tells Munich summit of need to uphold territorial integrity but also of respecting Russia’s legitimate security interests

President tells Munich Security Conference that there is ‘no alternative’ but to defeat Russia