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Leading contenders make their final appeals to German voters before a landmark election

The contenders in Germany’s election are making their final appeals to voters

The Independent UK · Feb 22, 2025

Farmers prevent Germany's vice chancellor leaving a ferry in a protest that draws condemnation

A group of farmers prevented Germany’s vice chancellor from disembarking a ferry hours after the government partially climbed down on cost-saving plans that had infuriated the agricultural sector

The Independent UK · Jan 5, 2024

German government plans to allow asylum-seekers to work sooner and punish smugglers harder

The German government has approved legislation that would allow asylum-seekers to start working sooner and a plan to stiffen punishment for people who smuggle migrants

The Independent UK · Nov 1, 2023

German government seeks to ease rules for naturalization

Germany’s socially liberal government is moving ahead with plans to ease the rules for obtaining citizenship in the European Union’s most populous country, a drive that is being assailed by the conservative opposition

The Independent UK · Nov 26, 2022

Germany's Scholz says Russia has no reason to hold up turbine return

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Wednesday said Russia had no reason to hold up the return of a gas turbine for the Nord Stream 1 pipeline that had been serviced in Canada but has since been stranded in Germany in an escalating energy standoff.

Reuters · Aug 3, 2022