‘This is a German election and a Brit may argue you wouldn’t expect a flamboyant spectacle. But the current lethargy is a peculiar one’

The feud at Germany’s most respected publishing house reads like a passage from Vanity Fair written by Thomas Mann

A new biopic is shameless in its boosterism of the author of Eichmann in Jerusalem, whose dubious legacy should be given its proper context

‘At the election in September, Germans will have to decide whether Angela Merkel’s modesty and prudence are proof enough of her virtue’

‘Despite the Turkish origins of most of the victims, the Munich court failed to allocate a single press seat in the Zschäpe murder trial to a Turkish media outlet’

‘Germany is seeing a definite increase in Euroscepticism—and now it’s coming from the Left too’

The Prime Minister’s alliance with Angela Merkel may help save Europe’s failing currency, if his policy doesn’t tear apart his party

'"You could certainly fill a dirndl," the elder statesman said, before taking her hand, kissing it and propositioning her'

‘Strolling around Alexanderplatz one cold but sunny afternoon, I was surprised at just how trashy it is’

'Germans longed for Olympic medals as validation, but were surprised at how London rose to the occasion'