Five signs of market excesses: What dangers lurk beneath the record highs?
Despite the high valuations, the U.S. stock market is still acting as a magnet for investors seeking opportunities (and often ignoring the risks)
Angela Merkel: ‘I am worried, we have to protect freedom’
She was Germany’s chancellor for 16 years. After leaving office in 2021, she disappeared. Now she is back with her memoirs, in which she reflects on her time in power and her life in the GDR. And she defends her legacy. EL PAÍS interviewed her in Berlin where she sends a message: ‘Freedom cannot be taken for granted’
Germany is ‘kaput’: Why the economic model no longer works in the proud country of automobiles
The Volkswagen crisis is just the tip of the iceberg of a larger problem. Europe’s old locomotive has stalled and must overhaul its industrial system, based on cheap Russian energy and exports to China
Trump’s victory rocks the EU amid the rise of the far right and populism
The Republican’s return to the White House will boost the far-right movements that are gaining strength in different European countries
World braces for Trump victory with far-reaching consequences
Tuesday’s presidential vote will have a profound impact on Europe, Russia, Ukraine, the Middle East, Latin America, and China
A global housing crisis is suffocating the middle class
Prices have risen by 54% in the United States, 32% in China and nearly 15% in the European Union between 2015 and 2024. Though policies have been implemented to increase supply and regulate rentals, their impact has been limited and the problem is getting worse
Map | How Germany’s border closures jeopardize the Schengen Area
The announcement by Olaf Scholz’s government, which comes into force on Monday, is a blow to free movement in the EU, which has seen previous threats such as the refugee crisis in 2015 and the Covid pandemic
Former world leaders ask Biden and G-20 to approve global tax on the ultra-rich
In a letter, 19 ex-officials from France, Spain, Sweden, Australia, Canada and elsewhere urge support for a proposal by the famous economist Gabriel Zucman
A G-7 summit with faltering leaders (except Meloni)
Almost all the heads of state who were at the gathering in Italy are in a situation of political fragility
Abandon all partisanship, ye Europeanists who enter here
The new post-election scenario makes European construction more complex. The pro-European parties must put aside their sectarian calculations and prioritize the common project instead
Zelenskiy’s world tour to ask Kyiv’s allies not to give in to Russia
The Ukrainian leader has visited over 10 countries so far ahead of the June 16 peace summit in Switzerland, which U.S. President Joe Biden will not attend
From Leopard tanks to attacks on Russian soil: The red lines Ukraine has removed and those that remain
The United States and European powers have lifted the veto on NATO-supplied weapons being used against military targets in Russia’s border regions
Germany accelerates debate over reintroduction of compulsory military service
Defense Minister Boris Pistorius has prepared a proposal to address the lack of soldiers in the army with the support of the Social Democrats and Conservatives
Germany’s paralysis threatens European economy
Analysts and institutions expect flat growth in 2024 and fear that the country’s stagnation may spread to France and Italy
Germany will include questions about Israel and antisemitism in its new citizenship test
The German Interior Minister said that the country has a ‘special responsibility for the protection of Jews’ because of the Holocaust
NATO personnel already in Ukraine for arms control, intelligence operations and military training
The French proposal not to rule out sending soldiers to fight against Russia opened a debate that confirms there are soldiers from the Atlantic Alliance on the ground, but not in combat roles
The Taurus, the German weapon that Ukraine wants to use to strike Russian targets away from the front lines
The shortage of air-to-surface cruise missiles in Ukrainian and European arsenals means that Germany is the only ally that can meet Kyiv’s demand in the short term
Germany, France and Poland vow to procure more weapons for Ukraine in a show of unity
After the meeting of the so-called ‘Weimar Triangle’ of the three countries, the German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, said that ‘the Russian president should know that we won’t let up in our support for Ukraine’
Germany and Russia spar over a leaked audio on missiles for Ukraine. Berlin promises to investigate
German Government spokesman said the leak was part of Russia’s ‘information war’ against the West, and that the aim was to create discord within Germany
‘We will be waiting for you’: Israeli filmmaker targeted by death threats after speech in Berlin
Yuval Abraham, winner of the best documentary award at the Berlinale with Palestinian Basel Adra, has faced a backlash over his commentary on the Gaza war
Scholz’s refusal to send Taurus missiles to Ukraine divides German government
The Chancellor argues that the delivery of this long-range weaponry heightens the risk of Germany being dragged into the war
Germany and Poland say they’re not sending troops to Ukraine as the Kremlin warns of a wider war
Moscow’s warning came a day after French President Emmanuel Macron said that sending in Western ground troops should not be ‘ruled out’ in the future
Germany’s parliament votes to legalize limited marijuana possession and allow ‘cannabis clubs’
Health Minister Karl Lauterbach said the government’s aim is to ‘fight the black market’ and better protect young people
Top NATO countries back Holland’s Mark Rutte to be the next Secretary General
The acting prime minister of the Netherlands, who has openly applied for the post, has the support of the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany and France, while Hungary and Turkey have not commented
Germany says Europe’s largest economy is in ‘troubled waters’ and cuts its growth forecast
The growth forecast was lowered to 0.2% from the previous forecast from last fall of 1.3%. That would follow a shrinking of the economy by 0.3% for all of last year
Nobody is stopping Benjamin Netanyahu
The Munich Security Conference has shone a spotlight on the international community’s failure to act as the suffering of Gaza civilians worsens
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy signing security agreements with Germany, France as Kyiv shores up support
Germany is now the second-biggest supplier of military aid to Ukraine after the U.S., and Scholz has called for other European countries to step up with more weapons deliveries