Germany is studying legal changes to avoid a repeat of UniCredit SpA‘s takeover of Commerzbank AG, where the Italian suitor was able to discreetly build large derivatives positions and surprise the bank as well as the government.

Germany is considering blocking a bid by Chinese container giant Cosco Shipping Holdings Co. from buying a majority stake in a small Hamburg-based freight company over security concerns.

Germany is seeking concrete commitments from UniCredit SpA Chief Executive Officer Andrea Orcel following this month’s talks before further steps toward a takeover of Commerzbank AG are taken.

Germany’s far-right party will try to cobble together support to lead a government in an eastern state it now dominates and hold a parliamentary vote to install its leader as state premier in December.

Germany’s state governments are considering changing voting rules to prevent the country’s far-right party from blocking decisions if it takes control in an eastern state where it now dominates.

German lawmakers backed a temporary fuel-tax cut worth €2.5 billion ($2.8 billion) starting next week as Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s coalition seeks to ease the burden of surging prices on consumers.

Germany’s leading economic research institutes more than doubled their joint growth forecast for this year, while a gauge of business optimism jumped to the highest since late 2025.

Germany’s far-right party, fresh off election victories in two eastern states, laid out a hardline policy blueprint that it said could be delivered with the help of Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s conservatives.

Germany’s far-right party will set out to displace Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s Christian Democratic Union as the country’s main conservative force after scoring its second-straight state-level victory this month, according to a top party official.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is trying to convince leaders from his conservative party to stick with him at a Monday morning meeting after his Christian Democratic Union suffered its worst-ever result in a state election.

Friedrich Merz said he would remain as German chancellor after his Christian Democratic Union party posted it worst-ever result in a state election, failing to gain enough votes to win a single seat.

Germany’s federal and state governments agreed on a €2.5 billion ($2.9 billion) relief package including a three-month fuel-tax cut from October and plans for a temporary cap on pump prices to cushion motorists and businesses.

A global agency for artificial intelligence would be a positive development, Irish Finance Minister Simon Harris said.

Irish Finance Minister Simon Harris played down worries that President Donald Trump may impose tariffs on the European Union over Canada’s associate member status with the bloc.

Germany’s far-right party is counting on surging support among voters to help it break through the firewall that the country’s established parties still hope will prevent it from taking power at state level for the first time since World War II.

German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil and UniCredit SpA Chief Executive Officer Andrea Orcel said they held constructive talks Monday after the ministry outlined the demands it has for the Italian lender’s bid to take over Commerzbank AG.

Germany is preparing a far-reaching package of economic-security measures to shield strategic industries from China that may include new tariffs on hybrid electric vehicles.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said his government will have to learn the lessons from an overwhelming victory by the far right in a state election that he said will alter the country’s politics.

Germany’s small and mid-sized businesses, the so-called Mittelstand that forms the backbone of Europe’s largest economy, expressed concern about the far-right Alternative for Germany’s clear victory in a state election and urged the federal government to finally deliver on pledged reforms to revive growth.

The far-right Alternative for Germany scored its best-ever result in a state election on Sunday amid growing public discontent with the political establishment, delivering a powerful blow to Chancellor Friedrich Merz.