Germany
Explore our coverage of Germany’s politics, economics, business and culture, in articles, charts, podcasts and video
Europe
Germany’s Bundestag bars AfD MPs from its football team
Could the sporting ban precede a political one?
Business
The family saga at Germany’s media colossus takes an unusual twist
The owner of Penguin Random House and BMG is returning to family management
Culture
In Germany, the Nazis invaded people’s dreams
A remarkable work of journalism, newly translated into English, shows how authoritarianism warps the subconscious
Europe
Berlin’s culture bosses must become more commercial
However distasteful this might seem to them
Europe
Trouble at home threatens Friedrich Merz’s global ambitions
The new German chancellor may fall short of his partners’ expectations
Europe
Germany’s staid-seeming new chancellor has a mercurial streak
Friedrich Merz’s career is one of unforced errors and puzzling missteps
Europe
The threat to free speech in Germany
One of the freest countries in the world takes a hammer to its own reputation
Europe
Germany’s new centrist government is reassuring but bland
Friedrich Merz’s promises to transform the country have been scaled back