Anne-Sylvaine Chassany

Also in this newsletter: Italy redoubles Ukraine support

Proposed downsizing of €100bn flagship defence project follows feuding by Airbus and Dassault

Two prominent institutes and the Bundesbank sound alarm over use of new borrowing

Chancellor says higher tariffs, reduced quotas and preferential procurement are needed to shield struggling industry

Berlin says Washington should not target subsidiaries of Russian oil company located in Germany

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

Lars Klingbeil criticises US president hours before meeting Treasury secretary in Washington

Finance minister Lars Klingbeil says deep cuts needed in areas other than infrastructure and defence

Germany argues state aid will benefit Eurozone if bloc’s largest economy is revived

Temporary controls aim to curb asylum claims in response to similar move by Berlin

Finance minister and party leader Lars Klingbeil confronts internal dissent rooted in Willy Brandt’s ‘Ostpolitik’