Deutschland Dispatches

Germany set to go to polls in February: what to expect

State of emergency and the 'death of consensus': whither Germany?

Another blow to German chipmaking: automotive supplier ZF jeopardises $3bn Saarland project ++ Scholz's tense appearance at employers' summit ++ Lindner panhandling in New York ahead of IMF meeting

Why the UniCredit-Commerzbank takeover matters so much to Berlin ++ Wagenknecht's 'peace' conditions for CDU, SPD in Thuringia ++ Attack on Israeli embassy thwarted by German security services

German carmakers suffer market share losses ++ Security chiefs issue stark Russia warning, demand greater financial investigation powers at Bundestag hearing

Habeck's growth gloom ++ Commerzbank's new CEO Orlopp gives first interview

Scholz considering call to Moscow, Zeit says ++ Covestro-Adnoc deal fuels further pessimism about German competitiveness

FDP threaten coalition (again) with opposition to pension reform ++ Pistorius speculation grows: Defence Minister will stand for Bundestag

Commerzbank fiasco embarrasses Berlin

FDP declares 'Autumn of Decisions', considers position in federal coalition ++ CDU reluctant to join govt negotiations in Brandenburg

Woidke's gamble pays off: SPD scrape win in Brandenburg

Brandenburg goes to the polls tomorrow: what to expect