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Europe’s largest economy suffers as export weakness and car industry downturn bite
KKR’s €4.9bn investment in Axel Springer leads biggest year of deals since financial crisis
Shortage of skilled labour poses biggest risk to business, survey finds
Nord Stream 2 project should not face ‘intervention from abroad’
Stakes in start-ups are much more than a nice benefit — they’re the principal currency
Trio of PE firms expected to submit offers for car trading business
Incoming duo outline political programme that would take party markedly to the left
New leadership softens demand for changes in motion to be put to party congress
Hubertus Heil rejects drift to left and cautions over being seen to ‘flee’ government
Leftwing leaders have threatened to lead party out of alliance with Angela Merkel’s conservative bloc
Brexit disrupts old allegiances in Wrexham as Tories try to chip away at ‘red wall’
Norbert Walter-Borjans and Saskia Esken’s victory raises doubts over German coalition
Revamp by German parent Eon of lossmaking energy supplier will cost £500m
Six months after the last SPD leader resigned in frustration, a nail-biting finale awaits
Final vote will signal whether party plans to keep faith with or abandon grand coalition
Struggling north-east town is bastion of anti-EU sentiment
Pieces of ‘incalculable cultural value’ taken from Saxon royal collection
Growing opposition and lack of land spark collapse in construction of new turbines
German chancellor hits back at French president’s attack on ‘lack of co-ordination’
Kramp-Karrenbauer calls for more military spending and a greater international role
Party still faces vote on whether to continue with deal keeping Angela Merkel in office
Move comes amid concerns that country has fallen behind competitors in a crucial area
Neues Deutschland serves readers’ penchant for Ostalgie after years of reunification
Investors cautious after German group fails to raise earnings guidance
German chemicals group faces surge in plaintiffs alleging cancer link to Roundup
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