Anne-Sylvaine Chassany

Endorsement comes after Berlin signals readiness to allow more centralised markets supervision

Chancellor Friedrich Merz seeking to reignite economy and address challenges of a shrinking workforce

Finance minister signals end of Berlin’s reluctance to completing Europe’s capital markets union

Chancellor calls on Europe to unlock €140bn loan and ‘massively raise the costs’ of Kremlin aggression

State modernisation minister Karsten Wildberger promises to bring about digital age in country clinging to fax machines

Private placement by division of Dutch state-owned grid operator could be prelude to Berlin taking stake

Chancellor hopes appointments will attract more foreign financing and help fix country’s crumbling infrastructure

Berlin convenes virtual summit on Wednesday, including call with presidents of US and Ukraine

Russian leader’s technique is to lie and play for time, warns former French president François Hollande

Sister towns on either side of river Neisse grapple with signs of division after Berlin and Warsaw escalate migration quarrel