Germany
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Europe
The head of the hard-right Alternative for Germany is riding high
Alice Weidel’s laments for the decline of Germany, and broadsides against immigrants, strike a chord among voters
Business
German business is fed up with a government in disarray
And now it braces for budgetary austerity
Culture
Lebkuchen, a Christmas biscuit, is a window on German history
Nuremberg, the home of these festive delights, also hosted Nazi rallies
By Invitation
Germany needs fiscal reform, says the chair of its council of economic experts
Monika Schnitzer argues that investment needs to be given as much priority as consumption
Europe
Germany’s ruling coalition grapples with a wrecked budget
The constitutional court has outlawed the way it gets round strict deficit limits
Leaders
Germany is in a bizarre fiscal mess of its own making
Three steps to resolve the fiscal panic
Europe
German judges toss a spanner into the government’s spending plans
The €60bn row will destabilise the coalition
Europe in 2024
Europe’s economies will diverge in new ways
Germany and Italy are the new (and old) trouble spots
Europe
Germany’s Christian Democrats are unsure whom to hug
The centre-right is wary of teaming up with the far right
Europe
A boost for Germany’s right
Bavaria and Hesse re-elect Christian democrats and rebuke the country’s ruling coalition
Business
German builders are on the brink of collapse
The construction industry is being strangled by rising costs and remorseless red tape
Europe
Germany is becoming expert at defeating itself
Bureaucracy and strategic blunders are starting to pile up
Finance and economics
The German economy: from European leader to laggard
Its problems are deep-rooted, knotty and show little sign of being fixed