#theguardian.com. × Trump’s threatened 25% tariffs on EU imports could trigger ‘economic turmoil’. US president’s plan could prove to be an economic shock to both blocs, German thinktank says
#Feb.27.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. × ‘I felt nothing but disgust’: Tesla owners vent their anger at Elon Musk. The tycoon’s links with Donald Trump and Germany’s far-right AfD have slammed the brakes on sales and put the car’s owners in a spin
#Feb.25.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. × AfD readmits two politicians excluded over Nazi-related remarks. After Sunday’s election the far-right party has decided to allow Maximilian Krah and Matthias Helferich to return to the parliamentary group
#Feb.25.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. × German parliament in race against time to sign off on new defence fund. Friedrich Merz, expected to be next chancellor, has spoken of urgent need for ramped-up defence, but ‘blocking minority’ could form in future Bundestag
#Feb.25.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. × Tusk says European leaders heading to London to discuss joint plans on defence – Europe live. Polish prime minister says EU leaders will meet on Sunday and calls for greater defence mobilisation across Europe
#Feb.25.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. × Elon Musk congratulates AfD’s Alice Weidel on far-right gains in German election. Far-right party co-leader says billionaire called her personally after it came second in Sunday’s poll
#Feb.24.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. × Merz strikes urgent tone in calling for more European independence from US. Stance of German alliance’s leader could herald closer ties with France but ‘debt brake’ poses obstacle to spending
#Feb.24.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. × Monday briefing: Merz will be Germany’s chancellor – but extremists are waiting in the wings. In today’s newsletter: The far-right AfD may have come second, but at 20% they have been held off by the performance of mainstream parties, with the CDU leader Friedrich Merz on course to be the new ch
#Feb.24.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. × ‘Now is the time of monsters’: young Berliners despair at far-right surge. Alternative für Deutschland projected to finish second in federal election with about 20% of the vote
#Feb.23.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. × Germany has voted. But what kind of government will it have?. The country faces weeks or even months of coalition negotiations after no party won a majority
#Feb.23.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. × German election live: voters head to polls amid fears over Ukraine security, Trump and rise of far right. Conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz could unseat chancellor Olaf Scholz but threat of gains by far-right AfD looms large
#Feb.23.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. × German voters head to polls facing world of change as far right waits in the wings. Europe holds its breath as world’s third largest economic power and most populous EU country faces crossroads
#Feb.23.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. × LGBTQ+ community in Germany rally against rise of far right ahead of elections. Community grapples with fear over ‘proliferation and normalisation of anti-queer and anti-trans sentiment in politics and the media’
#Feb.21.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. × Willingness to ease off ‘debt brake’ may decide the German election. Rule dating from 2009 that limits borrowing looks vulnerable as main political parties promise to revive stalled economy
#Feb.21.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. × Zelenskyy calls for European army as Germany hits back at US over Vance tirade – Europe live. Olaf Scholz says Germany ‘will not accept’ people who ‘intervene in our democracy’ after US vice-president’s speech in Munich
#Feb.15.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. × No lasting peace in Ukraine without European role in talks, leaders say after Trump-Putin call. Statement from countries including France, Germany and UK comes after US president says he and Putin are ready to begin talks
#Feb.13.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. × Ukraine open to exchanging minerals for US military aid, says Zelenskyy. Germany’s Olaf Scholz calls US president’s plan ‘selfish’ but reports suggest idea may have come from Kyiv
#Feb.04.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. × Merz doubles down on gambit with German far right in combative speech. Prospective chancellor takes startlingly aggressive line against those protesting against gamble with AfD
#Feb.03.2025 ×
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