Germany
Explore our coverage of Germany’s politics, economics, business and culture, in articles, charts, podcasts and video
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Culture
How Germany’s football is tied to its politics
Lessons in government from Julian Nagelsmann and his team
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Business
Panic rooms and private bunkers are all the rage in Germany
Everyone from tycoons to typical middle-class families seeks shelter
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Culture
The döner kebab has a meaty role in German society
It is a diplomatic tool as well as a tasty, cheap meal
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Europe
Hard-right parties are entering government across Europe
Germany is among a dwindling number of holdouts
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Europe
Beyond France, the European elections will deliver more of the same
Outside France and Germany, the centre has largely held
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By Invitation
Emmanuel Macron has done Europe a favour, reckons Germany’s opposition leader
But Friedrich Merz insists that the continent has “no time to die”
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By Invitation
Olaf Scholz on why Vladimir Putin’s brutal imperialism will fail
Germany’s chancellor says Europe needs more military muscle
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Europe
Germany’s government is barely holding together
The mood in the country is miserable—and it is getting worse
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Europe
Espionage scandals are hurting Germany’s far right
Charges of Chinese and Russian influence mar Alternative for Germany’s European campaign
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International
Beware, global jihadists are back on the march
They are using the war in Gaza to radicalise a new generation
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Europe
The German chancellor’s awkward meeting with China’s boss
It is time for Xi Jinping to accept that Germany isn’t America’s puppet
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Europe
Germany is flunking the education test
Its scores are heading down, as its schools fail to adapt
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Europe
Germany’s Free Democrats have become desperate spoilers
They face extinction at the next election
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Culture
One of the smallest museums in Africa might be its most important
A curator’s battle to commemorate Germany’s forgotten genocide in Namibia