Biometric system will no longer launch next month after warnings of travel delays
Should Europe’s largest economy embrace the future or double down on past successes?
CDU politician accuses Olaf Scholz of a failure of leadership
Government predicts rebound in 2025 following 0.2% decline this year as it tries to address long-term structural problems
In contrast to Berlin’s stiff opposition, many family-owned businesses are pragmatic about a bid by UniCredit
Berlin’s decision risks hampering borderless travel in Schengen area
Allegations against Jörg Dornau are latest scandal to engulf AfD over links to authoritarian governments
Bloc’s officials say opposition to UniCredit’s move on German lender at odds with Berlin’s pro-EU stance
Softer price pressure and weak economic activity increase chances of ECB rate cut in October
The lower guidance comes the carmaker looks to close plants in Germany for the first time in its 87-year history
Fading enthusiasm for alternative to gas boilers piles pressure on EU’s green agenda
Structural problems mean country will struggle to return to pre-pandemic rates of economic expansion, say leading institutes
World’s largest chemicals group to cut capital expenditure and plans partial listing of agricultural unit
Support for ruling coalition party collapses amid backlash against climate policies and its stance on asylum seekers
Current chief financial officer is sceptical about case for combining Italian and German lenders
UniCredit chief faces stiff opposition from German government and irritation within the ECB
‘If you have sh*t sticking to your foot, you have sh*t sticking to your foot’
Italian lender raised its stake in German rival from about 9 per cent to 21 per cent through derivatives
The fracturing of politics in the Federal Republic threatens western unity and support for Kyiv
Preliminary result shows Olaf Scholz’s party narrowly fending off AfD
German bank says potential multibillion tie-up with Italian rival could hit lending to Mittelstand companies
IT hitches force Federal Statistical Office to suspend consumer and services releases
Two contrasting ways of running a country are now similarly unsuccessful
Senior figures in German government believe Italian lender took ‘stealthy’ approach to stakebuilding
Local Social Democrats warn voters it is ‘us or them’ in bid to defeat AfD in eastern state election
