Berlin ready to compromise on ESMPproposals circulating in Berlin do not foresee any element of retrospective recapitalisationThu Oct 24 2013 - 01:00
US intelligence services alleged to have tapped Angela Merkel’s phoneGerman leader demands clarification from US president Barack ObamaThu Oct 24 2013 - 01:00
Prayers to riches tale of ‘bling bishop’ puts German church in spotlightThe new pope’s approach to wealth may not be compatible with his German churchWed Oct 23 2013 - 01:08
Bundestag opposition warns of grand coalition influenceTalks on a new CDU-SPD government commence immediatelyTue Oct 22 2013 - 18:26
Bundesbank alert over rapid property price risesBank warns of ‘possible overvaluation’ in desirable German citiesTue Oct 22 2013 - 01:07
Scandal-hit German bishop meets popeBishop Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst given 20-minute audience to explain €31m residenceTue Oct 22 2013 - 01:00
Merkel aims for further EU treaty change in third termGerman chancellor is pushing for even tighter EU oversight of national budgetsMon Oct 21 2013 - 01:00
The battle for Germany’s finance ministry beginsAlthough the SPD has designs on the ministry, Merkel’s CDU is determined Shäuble will stay putSat Oct 19 2013 - 01:09
Germany economists warn on ESM bank recapitalisationContinued high debt levels leave Ireland “vulnerable”Fri Oct 18 2013 - 01:01
Germany poised for another grand coalitionCDU and SPD agree to open talks next week for a second allianceFri Oct 18 2013 - 01:00
CDU-Greens coalition talks end in BerlinDoor between parties ‘is not nailed shut’ as Merkel withdraws to consider optionsThu Oct 17 2013 - 01:00
Noonan to continue seeking bank recapitalisationGovernment to negotiate on all fronts for debt relief, says MinisterThu Oct 17 2013 - 01:00
Family that controls BMW gave €690,000 to Merkel’s partyDonation from Quandt family was made two weeks after federal electionWed Oct 16 2013 - 01:00
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 01 2013 - 01:00
Austrian coalition set to hold on to powerThree Eurosceptic populist parties command support of a third of electorateSat Sept 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 Sept 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 Sept 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 Sept 24 2013 - 01:00
Merkel’s search for partner in government beginsMost likely outcome is another grand coalition with the Social DemocratsMon Sept 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 Sept 23 2013 - 13:14
German result is a clear vote for stabilityMerkel rewarded for her steady stewardship of the German economy and labour marketMon Sept 23 2013 - 09:39
Angela Merkel sweeps in for third term as chancellorGerman leader’s CDU party scores best federal election result since 1994Mon Sept 23 2013 - 08:46
Merkel retains power in Germany as safe pair of handsThe election of the 18th Bundestag was won on domestic concernsMon Sept 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 Sept 21 2013 - 07:23
No revolution likely on EU reformLikely Merkel victory means more incremental reformSat Sept 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 Sept 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 Sept 19 2013 - 23:20
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 Sept 19 2013 - 01:00
Upstart eurosceptic party could upset German pollOpinion polls unclear of support for anti-bailout “Alternative for Germany”Thu Sept 19 2013 - 01:00
German Pirate Party sets sail for BundestagSnowden NSA revelations boost data-protection campaigners’ electoral prospectsWed Sept 18 2013 - 18:00
Strategic voting to decide deadlocked German electionLack of a majority leaves Merkel coalition squabbling over votesWed Sept 18 2013 - 09:21
Merkel allies beg CDU voters for supportFDP facing election disaster on Sunday after exiting Bavarian parliamentTue Sept 17 2013 - 01:25
Green Party leader regrets paedophile pamphletInvestigation into party history reveals pro-paedophile sympathiesTue Sept 17 2013 - 01:01
Merkel faces electoral dilemma in final weekBavarian voters oust her FDP coalition partners as CSU takes almost 50% of voteMon Sept 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 Sept 16 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 Sept 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 Sept 14 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 Sept 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 Sept 14 2013 - 00:00
Bavarian curtain-raiser causing headaches for Merkel strategistsCSU’s winning formula leaves little hope for SPD rivalsFri Sept 13 2013 - 19:49
ECB rules out backstop funding for Ireland without conditionsCountry ‘may find solution on its own,’ says AsmussenFri Sept 13 2013 - 01:00
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 Sept 13 2013 - 01:00
SPD launches doorstep offensive to close election gapUndecideds set to decide the federal electionFri Sept 13 2013 - 01:00
German Eurosceptics look back to Bismarck on foreign policyAlternative for Germany calls for greater understanding in dealings with MoscowThu Sept 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 Sept 12 2013 - 01:00
Housing hot-button issue could tip scales in German electionParties promise rent caps to ease urban squeezeWed Sept 11 2013 - 01:00
