Germany

New political trends have emerged in Germany, with the Green Party becoming a possible contender to lead Germany’s next government.

EU recovery funds are needed to “re-boost” the economy, but debt mutualization should not be a permanent tool, Austria says.

“There’s a significant discount” for buying European stocks that could grow as much as if not more than their U.S. counterparts, strategist Gina Sanchez says.

“It needs one lockdown to break the current wave,” Jens Spahn, German health minister, said at a press conference Friday.

Marie the baby alpaca had her back legs severely damaged during birth, but one woman in Germany decided to help.

Europe’s most powerful economy has suffered from the coronavirus pandemic, having faced different waves of infections and subsequent lockdowns.

Mercedes-Benz was there at the dawn of the automotive industry and has long been a leader. But some say it has been slow to adapt to a new electric era.

The recent reversal in euro zone stocks likely reflects worries around a slower-than-expected economic recovery, two traders say.

France and Italy imposed nationwide lockdowns ahead of the Easter weekend as a surge of cases threatened to overwhelm intensive care units once again.

There are signs that Europe’s diverging — and changing — usage rules when it comes to AstraZeneca’s Covid vaccine are sowing further confusion among citizens.

Germany has suspended use of the Covid vaccine created by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford in the under-60s, dealing another blow to the drugmaker.

A now unpublished press release called the change a “public declaration of the company’s future-forward investment in e-mobility.”

The EU’s coronavirus stimulus plan has hit a stumbling block after the German constitutional court raised questions about how the new debt is being taken on.

The public health situation is deteriorating further in France and Germany, while the U.K. is easing lockdown on Monday.

Germany was initially widely praised for its handling of the pandemic. A year on, and the situation is very different with Merkel under pressure.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has reversed plans for a lockdown over Easter amid criticism from experts and officials over the move.

The variant first discovered in the U.K. is seen as the reason for the new spike. The strain is reported to be much more virulent than the original one.

A flurry of countries around the world had suspended the use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca shot following reports of blood clots in some vaccinated people.

It’s no secret that Germany has been seeing a sharp rise in coronavirus cases in recent weeks but one leading health expert is warning of “exponential growth.”

Experts say the decision by some European countries to suspend use of the AstraZeneca/University of Oxford Covid shot could be damaging.