Germany to face delay in payment of billions in EU climate funding
Germany has not yet submitted its plans for accessing funds from the EU Social Climate Fund. The country’s environment ministry has downplayed the delay.
Germany counting on exemption from EU debt rules for defence boost
The European Commission cannot grant Germany an exemption from EU debt rules to help increase defense spending until the country passes its new budget.
Macron and Merz hope for new chapter in Franco-German relations
New German Chancellor Friedrich Merz wants to play an important role in European affairs.
Far-right AfD designated ‘extremist’ by German domestic intelligence
The AfD sit in the Europe of Sovereign Nations Group in the European Parliament.
China denies espionage after far-right German lawmaker’s aide charged
German prosecutors accused a man who served as an aide for an AfD lawmaker in the European Parliament in Brussels.