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Armin Laschet’s win signals continuity but losing a longtime leader will weaken the party
Victory keeps party on a centrist course and puts the Rhinelander in pole position to succeed Angela Merkel
Important questions remain about how the party will fight September’s Bundestag elections
‘Nearly man’ moves into pole position to succeed veteran chancellor as he takes helm of CDU
Austrian financier Alexander Schütz called on Markus Braun to do more to rebut FT’s critical reporting
Frontrunner Friedrich Merz strikes very different tone on EU to Angela Merkel
US president-elect Joe Biden will ask Congress to spend $1.9tn on an economic rescue plan
As the city continues its drive to become Europe’s financial capital, property is increasingly unaffordable
Under the chancellor the party turned into a well oiled election-winning machine but lost some of its identity
Aide grilled over recommendation that German chancellor lobby for disgraced payments company on China trip
Finance minister Olaf Scholz wants incoming president to agree on OECD proposal
German lender severed some ties with the payments group after internal review
Industrial production, manufacturing orders, exports, employment and retail sales are all better than expected
Eastern European migrants have long staffed slaughterhouses with poor pay and gruelling hours. A new law wants to change that
BaFin found it ‘striking’ that many investors betting against company were Israeli and British
Move to remote learning likely to stir debate in US where more schools remain open
Germany has assumed the position of European leadership it once promised its neighbour
Instead of the rocklike stability of the past, its political parties are in even more flux than usual
Candidacy to lead Germany’s CDU faces opposition from supporters of current chancellor
Unprecedented travel ban among raft of measures agreed by Merkel and leaders of 16 federal states
Campaigners seek to highlight growing multiculturalism by naming meteorological patterns
The country will be key to whether Europe works more with the US to defend democracy or seeks to engage Beijing
Inoculation rates across bloc lag behind those of UK, US and Israel
Highly contagious mutations send infection rate soaring as EU comes under fire for slow vaccine rollout
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