Tusk accuses rivals and head of state of falsifying facts and undermining the rule of law

A vast leak of internal emails have pulled back the curtain on the AfD’s evolution, fuelling fresh claims that it poses a threat to democracy

Court rejects claim that papal secrecy rules prevented Andrzej Jeż from informing police about allegations against two clerics

Prime minister is embroiled in rows over abortion laws and the country’s constitutional court as next election approaches

A bureaucratic blunder has left tobacco companies wondering whether their products are legal to sell

The German federal government still holds a 12% stake, a hold-over from the 2009 banking crisis

With economic reforms stalled and industry under pressure, the chancellor faces mounting doubts about his ability to reverse the country’s decline

German prosecutors say a Ukrainian military officer led the operation that destroyed the Baltic Sea gas pipelines in 2022

As the Christian Democratic Union and the Social Democratic Party lose support, each accuses the other of flirting with political extremists

Espionage, state secrets and foreign agents: the case engulfing former head of Germany’s intelligence reads like a spy thriller

August Hanning served as president of federal intelligence service from 1998 to 2005

Far-right party’s election manager Tobias Rausch elected to key role on 48 votes, with 29 opposing and five abstentions

Even with super-premium prices and a cost-of-living crisis, visitors drank a record 6.7m litres

While the chancellor struggles and his centre-right CDU bickers, its SPD rival has come out in attack mode

Exit polls suggest change of government to be led by Social Democrats