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Berlin (AFP) - Germany's new government surprised NATO allies on Thursday by putting forward plans to boost defence spending, to ...

Struggling steel giant Thyssenkrupp’s shares slump after profit hit

by Emma Reilly

May 15, 2025

Frankfurt (Germany) (AFP) - Thyssenkrupp's shares slumped Thursday after it reported worse-than-expected earnings and its steel business took a fresh ...

Merz vows to rev up German economic ‘growth engine’

by Andrew Murphy

May 14, 2025

Berlin (AFP) - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Wednesday pledged reforms and investment for Europe's biggest economy to transform it ...

German investors cheered by tariff talks, new government

by Emma Reilly

May 13, 2025

Frankfurt (Germany) (AFP) - German investor sentiment has jumped, buoyed by rollbacks of US tariffs, and the formation of a ...

German lender Commerzbank’s profits jump as it fends off UniCredit

by Natalie Fisher

May 9, 2025

Frankfurt (Germany) (AFP) - German lender Commerzbank on Friday reported its best quarterly profit since 2011, ahead of a key ...

New German finance minister says ‘no time to lose’

by Thomas Barnes

May 7, 2025

Frankfurt (Germany) (AFP) - Germany's new Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil said Wednesday there was "no time to lose" to jump-start ...

Tesla sales fall again in Germany as drivers steer clear of Musk

by Emma Reilly

May 6, 2025

Frankfurt (Germany) (AFP) - Tesla sales nosedived again in Germany last month even as electric vehicle sales rose strongly, data ...

German growth better than expected but tariff turmoil looms

by Emma Reilly

April 30, 2025

Frankfurt (Germany) (AFP) - Germany's struggling economy grew faster than expected at the start of the year, data showed Wednesday, ...

Germany’s next finance minister, ‘bridge-builder’ Lars Klingbeil

by Thomas Barnes

April 30, 2025

Berlin (AFP) - Germany's incoming finance minister Lars Klingbeil is a self-styled political "bridge-builder" whose calm and personable demeanour belies ...