SPD places Irish corporate tax rate at centre of coalition talks‘I am very sorry for Ireland but I am afraid the corporate tax rates are too low’Tue Oct 15 2013 - 06:48
Lavish spending forces German bishop to seek audience with popeLimburg renovation included a reported €15,000 spent on a bathTue Oct 15 2013 - 01:23
Second coalition of CDU and SPD looking likely in GermanyAngela Merkel’s talks today with Green Party seen as just a matter of political choreographyMon Oct 14 2013 - 23:13
Second Houses – What they do elsewhereThe Bundesrat – a bulwark of German democracyTue Oct 1 2013 - 01:00
Austrian coalition set to hold on to powerThree Eurosceptic populist parties command support of a third of electorateSat Sep 28 2013 - 01:00
Team Stronach offers a frank alternative to Austrian body politicSupport for his team is dipping, but all eyes are on Frank Stronach as Austria goes to the polls on SundayFri Sep 27 2013 - 01:00
Greens incur wrath of Joschka FischerFormer German foreign minister attacks party for ‘disastrous’ election that led to mass resignations at topWed Sep 25 2013 - 01:00
Merkel offers ‘gratitude’ to Ireland and says reforms are paying offChancellor sees scale of election triumph as endorsement of her euro zone strategyTue Sep 24 2013 - 01:00
Merkel’s search for partner in government beginsMost likely outcome is another grand coalition with the Social DemocratsMon Sep 23 2013 - 22:40
Merkel praises Irish reform but ‘no change’ to strategyRe-elected chancellor says Ireland an example of how crisis countries can turn themselves aroundMon Sep 23 2013 - 13:14
German result is a clear vote for stabilityMerkel rewarded for her steady stewardship of the German economy and labour marketMon Sep 23 2013 - 09:39
Angela Merkel sweeps in for third term as chancellorGerman leader’s CDU party scores best federal election result since 1994Mon Sep 23 2013 - 08:46
Merkel retains power in Germany as safe pair of handsThe election of the 18th Bundestag was won on domestic concernsMon Sep 23 2013 - 01:02
Mammy Merkel keeps it personalTomorrow’s poll is less an election on the German leader’s polices than a referendum on her personalitySat Sep 21 2013 - 07:23
No revolution likely on EU reformLikely Merkel victory means more incremental reformSat Sep 21 2013 - 07:06
Power city: Berlin’s political nerve centreWhat happens in the German capital affects us more than the goings-on inside the Washington Beltway or even Whitehall’s square mile. Ahead of Germany’s federal election tomorrow, it’s a good time to stroll through the heart of the Berliner RepublikSat Sep 21 2013 - 01:00
Social Democrats warn against third term for MerkelGermany’s Election: Pledges to raise minimum wage but opposition coalition behind in final pollsThu Sep 19 2013 - 23:20
Upstart eurosceptic party could upset German pollOpinion polls unclear of support for anti-bailout “Alternative for Germany”Thu Sep 19 2013 - 01:00
Well-known literary critic Marcel Reich-Ranicki dies at 93Doyen of German literary criticism presided over literary pages of the daily ‘Frankfurter Allgemeine’ for 15 yearsThu Sep 19 2013 - 01:00
German Pirate Party sets sail for BundestagSnowden NSA revelations boost data-protection campaigners’ electoral prospectsWed Sep 18 2013 - 18:00
Strategic voting to decide deadlocked German electionLack of a majority leaves Merkel coalition squabbling over votesWed Sep 18 2013 - 09:21
Merkel allies beg CDU voters for supportFDP facing election disaster on Sunday after exiting Bavarian parliamentTue Sep 17 2013 - 01:25
Green Party leader regrets paedophile pamphletInvestigation into party history reveals pro-paedophile sympathiesTue Sep 17 2013 - 01:01
Merkel faces electoral dilemma in final weekBavarian voters oust her FDP coalition partners as CSU takes almost 50% of voteMon Sep 16 2013 - 01:00
How clueless Irish pundits misrepresented GermanyOne of Ireland’s few growth areas during the recession has been in ill-informed commentary about our largest euro-area neighbourMon Sep 16 2013 - 01:00
Lippe service: German wineAfter the fall of the Berlin Wall, a Munich businessman went in search of his artistocratic heritage and became a winemakerSat Sep 14 2013 - 01:00
Keeping it KellyThe Kelly Family’s Celtic folk-pop and vagabond image won them a cult following – and not a little derision. A decade after the band broke up, the siblings say their American, Irish and German roots make them feel at home everywhere and nowhereSat Sep 14 2013 - 01:00
Kaiser Karl: getting to the roots of the man behind the Lagerfeld nameThanks to his tireless creativity and self-promotion, Karl Lagerfeld has become a giant of modern fashion. But few realise the significance of his German rootsSat Sep 14 2013 - 01:00
The measure of MerkelHer speeches are considered as uninspiring as her image but German Chancellor Angela Merkel is proving to be the right person to act as unofficial leader of a Europe in crisis – pragmatic, flexible, commanding. Derek Scally talks to friends and colleagues who have known her all her political lifeSat Sep 14 2013 - 00:00
Bavarian curtain-raiser causing headaches for Merkel strategistsCSU’s winning formula leaves little hope for SPD rivalsFri Sep 13 2013 - 19:49
German escape from crisis not ‘God-given but hard-earned’Countries can only spend as much as they ‘take in or earn,’ says president of German chamberFri Sep 13 2013 - 01:00
ECB rules out backstop funding for Ireland without conditionsCountry ‘may find solution on its own,’ says AsmussenFri Sep 13 2013 - 01:00
SPD launches doorstep offensive to close election gapUndecideds set to decide the federal electionFri Sep 13 2013 - 01:00
German Eurosceptics look back to Bismarck on foreign policyAlternative for Germany calls for greater understanding in dealings with MoscowThu Sep 12 2013 - 18:27
Germany’s Left Party moves into third position ahead of GreensPoll puts three centre-left parties neck and neck with Merkel’s outgoing coalitionThu Sep 12 2013 - 01:00
Housing hot-button issue could tip scales in German electionParties promise rent caps to ease urban squeezeWed Sep 11 2013 - 01:00
Kohl takes CDU by surprise in backing coalition partner FDPFormer chancellor is critical of Greece’s admission to the euro zoneMon Sep 9 2013 - 18:45
Steinbrück continues pursuit of Merkel despite his SPD trailing far behind ruling CDUWith just two weeks to German election day, the SPD trails the CDU by 15 pointsMon Sep 9 2013 - 09:52
Hypo Real Estate board breached German law, report saysDamning report suggests bank could have avoided near-collapseMon Sep 9 2013 - 01:00
Germany’s working poor put Merkel on the defensiveGrowing low-wage economy sparks election minimum wage promisesSat Sep 7 2013 - 01:00
Sony vows new innovations to overtake tech rivalsNew CEO promises to foster a culture of risk-taking to shake off years of complacencyFri Sep 6 2013 - 01:33
SPD attacks Angela Merkel over ‘unreliable’ crisis remarkCDU warns a Merkel election victory is far from certainThu Sep 5 2013 - 22:57
Samsung’s duel with Sony steals IFA showJapanese giant goes head to head with its Korean rival at the world’s biggest consumer electronics showThu Sep 5 2013 - 01:00
Folksy Merkel long on caring but short on detailThe German chancellor is having a hard time explaining party opposition to the minimum wageThu Sep 5 2013 - 01:00
Samsung unveils Galaxy Gear smartwatch in BerlinStainless steel watch allows users to make and receive hands-free calls and check textsWed Sep 4 2013 - 19:05
Irish Dairy Board marks 40 years of buttering up GermanyWith a 16.8 per cent market share, Kerrygold is the undisputed leader in the premium butter marketWed Sep 4 2013 - 01:01
First chancellor Konrad Adenauer the father of modern German politicsAdenauer wanted a rebuilt Germany to strive for European unity and reconciliationWed Sep 4 2013 - 01:00
Ex-SS man tried in Germany over 1944 killingThe 92-year-old defendant denies involvement, 70 years onTue Sep 3 2013 - 01:01
The wildcards of Germany’s general electionDespite predictions of a third Merkel term, the most closely watched German election in decades is also the most uncertainTue Sep 3 2013 - 01:01