Germany

Germany’s Rich Want Out and the Brand is Taking the Hit

Germany's affluent emigration mood is significant not only because some wealthy people may leave, but because it chips away at the country's image as the obvious place to build, keep and grow success.

France, Germany Seek Software Success After Jet Failure

Paris and Berlin want a European answer to Palantir's battlefield software, months after their own jet programme collapsed under the same old rivalries.

Merz Weighs Reshuffle Amid Record Low Ratings

A surrogacy row has toppled Friedrich Merz's parliamentary leader, leaving a chancellor with record low ratings to gamble on reshuffling his cabinet.

How Germany’s Taliban Pact Built a Recruiting Ground

Bonn's Taliban-run consulate is now hiring unpaid interns, the direct product of a deportation bargain Berlin struck last year to speed removals back to Kabul.

On the River Danube: Magyar’s Opening Move

Péter Magyar won Hungary's April election promising a break with the past. His first foreign policy pitch was to resurrect a part of it.

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Hollywood Takes Homer and Greece Pushes Back

Christopher Nolan had every right to reinvent Homer, but Greek frustration reveals what is lost when a living cultural inheritance becomes Hollywood spectacle.

Iran and Ukraine’s Wars Are Converging

Caspian strike on Iranian ship and warnings to Europe suggest two wars merge into one conflagration.

The US-Saudi Nuclear Deal Normalises Enrichment in the Gulf

The US-Saudi nuclear agreement may be civilian in name, but its enrichment provisions could persuade other Middle Eastern states that nuclear latency is becoming the region's new measure of power.

Greece Keeps Betting on Golden Visa Capital

Greece is preserving its golden visa programme because foreign capital remains valuable to its recovery, even as property investment worsens pressure on housing.

Andy Burnham Plans to Retax British Homes

Burnham weighs a property tax overhaul that could redirect who pays for Britain's homes.