Anne-Sylvaine Chassany

Agreement paves way for flagship defence and infrastructure package to be adopted by parliament next week

Move to relax debt brake marks historic shift in country’s conservative approach to borrowing

Economists’ proposal for up to €800bn of funding under review as part of coalition talks

The far-right party has made gains without seeking to moderate — rattling Europe and its largest democracy

Debate over multibillion-euro top-up to military fund is playing a central role in exploratory coalition discussions

CDU leader has vowed to seal negotiations with Social Democrats by April

Friedrich Merz says the Trump administration is ‘largely indifferent’ to Europe’s fate

Frontrunner for chancellor suggests possible nuclear co-operation with the UK and France

Co-leader of Alternative for Germany becomes focus in four-way televised debate a week before national polls

US vice-president’s confrontational speech meets with furious response