Disputes over asylum-seekers and AfD’s rise leaves CSU fearing election debacle

An Islamophobic diatribe disguised as a work of scholarship

Alternative news outlets cater to readers disillusioned by consensus-driven journalism

Joint statement of support as Russia at UN dismisses ‘disgusting hysteria’

Stand Up distances itself from AfD but also from migrant ‘welcome culture’

Next 12 months will bring unprecedented reshuffle in EU power structures

Series of demonstrations have gripped the city after a murder blamed on asylum seekers

Consultation on whether to scrap changing the clocks each summer yields huge response

Pool of money for single currency area a key plank of French president’s EU policy

Measures reflect willingness to increase social spending as German economy booms

Surplus equivalent to 2.9% of economic output is highest since reunification in 1990

A family story tells the larger tale of the Soviet century, from Stalin to Putin

Berlin’s switch in focus from ECB to Commission is blow for Bundesbank’s Weidmann

Rising corporate savings blamed for huge external surplus

Foreign minister seeks European autonomy on issues such as Iran

German chancellor to hold talks in Azerbaijan on boosting Caspian gas supplies to EU

Talks at chancellor’s retreat billed as turning point in Russo-German relations

Former US school groundskeeper says glyphosate weedkillers caused his lymphoma

Berlin seeking agreements with EU countries to ease domestic pressure over refugees

Threshold to veto deals will be lowered as concern grows over Chinese acquisitions

German central bank wants greater assurances over big cash transactions

Surging tax revenues and fiscal discipline leave burden at lowest since 2010

Despite disputes over trade, Nato and immigration, Berlin and Washington must find a way to work together

Online marketplaces will have to ensure all sellers are registered to pay duties

Beijing perceives it is harder to do US deals — and that Europe is also tightening up