Macron joins Brazil’s Lula to tax billionaires — but is it all it’s made out to be?

“I prefer this debate on international taxation to the interminable debate in France on our own…

Europe left worried by US plan on Russian assets to pay for Ukraine

While the signals are now strong that Europe will agree to the U.S.-led proposal to leverage…

Germany dithers on EIB choice

BERLIN — Germany’s ruling coalition has yet to decide whom it will support in the race…

Germany’s audit court slams Lindner’s ‘special funds’ — again

Germany’s Federal Court of Audit does not buy Finance Minister Christian Lindner’s back-of-the-envelope calculations for maintaining…

China’s Qin warns EU not to sanction its companies over trade with Russia

BERLIN — Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang cautioned his German counterpart Annalena Baerbock on Tuesday that…

German audit court slams Scholz’s €200B gas price cap

Germany’s Federal Audit Court on Thursday sharply criticized the government for its plan to cap gas…

Germany set to backtrack on nuclear phaseout

BERLIN — Germany will “probably” extend the runtime of two of its three remaining nuclear power…

Germany unveils €65B in energy cost relief, vows to cap prices

Press play to listen to this article BERLIN — The German government on Sunday announced a…

German finance minister makes U-turn on €9 public transit ticket

BERLIN — Germany’s liberal Finance Minister Christian Lindner on Wednesday reversed his outright opposition to continuing…

Activate Nord Stream 2 ASAP, says German parliament vice president

Germany should allow the blocked Nord Stream 2 pipeline to begin pumping Russian natural gas so…