Matthias Williams

Public opinion has grown critical of Israel, pushing Berlin to take a historically fraught step.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu informed German Chancellor Friedrich Merz about Israel's attack on Iran in a phone call on Friday morning, Merz said in a statement.

ProSiebenSat.1 offer by PPF receives regulatory approval

Germany's federal cartel office on Monday expressed concern about Amazon's use of so-called price control mechanisms, saying in a statement that "this could constitute an abuse under the special provisions for large digital companies."

Germany will decide whether or not to approve new weapons shipments to Israel based on an assessment of the humanitarian situation in Gaza, Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said in an interview published on Friday.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Wednesday called for the European Union's supply chain audit law to be scrapped, though his coalition government's spokesperson said Berlin wanted to "slim down" the legislation but not abolish it.

Germany's new Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Wednesday urged the West not to be divided on Ukraine and vowed to provide the financial means needed to build Germany's conventional army up into Europe's strongest.

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz was elected chancellor by parliament on Tuesday in a second round of voting after his new alliance with the centre-left Social Democrats was dealt a surprise defeat in the first attempt.

German conservatives under Friedrich Merz were poised to unveil a coalition deal with the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) on Wednesday, aiming to revive growth in Europe's largest economy just as a global trade war threatens recession.

ECB policymaker Joachim Nagel said on Friday he was encouraged by recent data on inflation in a number of euro zone economies but warned against over-optimism as the European Central Bank works to bring inflation down further to its 2% target.