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Chancellor is facing questions over his term as Hamburg mayor, when city wrote off bank’s tax bill
Alternative for Germany secures first town mayoralty amid federal government’s rising unpopularity
Olaf Scholz’s coalition seals 2024 spending plan after approving deep cuts to transport, industry and green projects
Many energy-intensive industries consider relocating operations abroad
Court ruling leaves German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in a bind
Opposition criticism mounts as chancellor offers few details on how to fix Berlin’s public finances
German chancellor’s reputation takes a blow after system he helped design is struck down by constitutional judges
Bundestag committee postpones poll indefinitely following constitutional court ruling against coalition’s spending plans
Israel-Hamas war has prompted several ministers in Berlin to reconsider relations with Gulf kingdom
Also in this newsletter: How Brussels is working to defuse cheesemakers’ concerns over packaging rules
Karlsruhe verdict lands future spending plans and government’s solidarity in peril
Berlin pledges to plug budgetary holes that will speed up procurement and help meet Nato targets
Berlin’s asylum package, which could see processing centres set up outside EU, scales back benefits for refugees
Bitter immigration debate has pitted Scholz’s coalition and opposition parties against each other
Berlin considers sending ammunition while already returning two combat drones to Israeli forces
Also in this newsletter: Luxembourg’s PM had a bad day at the polls
German chancellor demands investigation into allegations that Warsaw tolerated a cash-for-visas scheme
Bundestag approves amended version of plan following public backlash and bruising political row
Chancellor calls for a pact between government, federal states, municipalities and the opposition
Also in this newsletter: green NGOs denounce the choice of new EU climate commissioner
Business groups say country’s competitiveness is at stake, warning lack of support could spark exodus
Move aimed at reviving economy and polishing image of coalition weakened by months of squabbling
State’s deputy premier admits as a schoolboy he possessed pamphlet with facetious Holocaust references
Deal comes after fresh flare-up between Green and FDP partners with long history of infighting
Two politicians from German chancellor’s own party signal support for contested move
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