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    • Tuesday, 31 August, 2021
      Afghanistan
      EU plans €600m package for Afghanistan’s neighbours to avert refugee crisis

      Bloc seeks to avoid repeat of turmoil sparked by Syrian migrants in 2015

    • Thursday, 1 July, 2021
      Euro 2020
      German minister slams ‘irresponsible’ Uefa for letting UK host Euro 2020 finals

      Horst Seehofer says commercial interests should not override ‘need to protect people from infections’

    • Sunday, 15 March, 2020
      Coronavirus pandemic
      Germany moves to seal off borders to fight coronavirus pandemic

      Volte-face by Merkel government needed ‘to fight chains of infection’

    • Friday, 21 February, 2020
      Terrorism in Germany
      Hanau residents mourn victims of extremist gunman

      Shocked locals call for solidarity with flowers and candles but fear copycats

    • Sunday, 24 March, 2019
      Germany
      Berlin moves to cut ties between German Muslims and Turkey 

      Ankara’s role under pressure as political tension rises after refugee crisis 

    • Monday, 12 November, 2018
      German politics
      Seehofer to step down as head of Merkel-allied CSU

      Move is latest stage of complex changing of the guard at summit of German politics

    • Monday, 15 October, 2018
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      German voters have turned right — and left

      The CSU’s heavy losses in Bavaria speak to political fragmentation

    • Monday, 15 October, 2018
      News in-depthGerman politics
      Bavarian shockwaves shake Angela Merkel’s fragile power base

      Election result raises doubts over whether the German chancellor can survive

    • Sunday, 14 October, 2018
      German politics
      Bavarians deliver stunning rebuke to conservative Merkel allies

      CSU vote collapses to 37.2% while Greens surge to 17.5%, according to projections

    • Sunday, 14 October, 2018
      Instant InsightTony Barber
      The CSU’s victory in Bavaria looks more like a defeat

      The real winners in the regional election are the Greens and Alternative for Germany

    • Tuesday, 25 September, 2018
      German politics
      Merkel ally’s defeat highlights growing CDU hostility

      Volker Kauder voted out as head of chancellor’s parliamentary group

    • Monday, 24 September, 2018
      German politics
      Angela Merkel contrite as spy chief furore casts pall over tenure

      Tensions over interior minister Seehofer’s role in coalition strife start to surface

    • Sunday, 23 September, 2018
      German politics
      New political deal over fate of German intelligence chief

      Berlin seeks to end Maassen row by making him special adviser to interior minister

    • Sunday, 23 September, 2018
      German politics
      Merkel battles to avert crisis over spy-chief affair

      Feud among coalition leaders intensifies after Hans-Georg Maassen promoted not dismissed

    • Tuesday, 18 September, 2018
      World
      German spy chief Maassen removed from post

      Mr Maassen has been accused of downplaying threat of rightwing extremism

    • Thursday, 13 September, 2018
      World
      Germany’s Social Democrats demand intelligence chief’s dismissal

      Junior party’s move threatens to open new coalition rift

    • Monday, 10 September, 2018
      World
      Germany intelligence chief under pressure to resign

      Maassen accused of political meddling and downplaying rightwing extremism threat

    • Thursday, 12 July, 2018
      EU immigration
      EU ‘axis of the willing’ promise tough anti-migrant controls
    • Tuesday, 10 July, 2018
      German politics
      Seehofer presents contentious asylum package to reduce migration

      German interior minister says plan will speed up deportations and bolster integration

    • Friday, 6 July, 2018
      German politics
      Germany’s odd couple endure fiery political marriage

      Migration dispute between Merkel and Seehofer is latest sign of long-running antagonism

    • Friday, 6 July, 2018
      Europe Express
      Brexit rebellion, Seehofer style

      Germany’s interior minister says the EU’s agreed approach is completely misguided

    • Thursday, 5 July, 2018
      Brexit
      EU rigidity on Brexit putting lives at risk, says German minister

      CSU’s Seehofer delivers boost for May with call for security co-operation

    • Thursday, 5 July, 2018
      World
      Austria’s Sebastian Kurz urges EU to bolster border forces quickly

      Chancellor wants more controls on illegal migration as tension rises in bloc

    • Tuesday, 3 July, 2018
      The FT ViewGerman politics
      Bruised Merkel survives one more political battle

      Berlin’s coalition agreement on migration buys time but little more

    • Tuesday, 3 July, 2018
      News in-depthGerman politics
      German peace deal leaves Merkel’s authority dented

      Elements of migrant agreement go against chancellor’s deep-seated instincts

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