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Berlin to ask parliament to declare ‘exceptional emergency’ allowing it to create supplementary 2023 budget
Government in disarray after top court insists it abide by constitutional restrictions on public deficits
Measure likely to affect €8bn in funding Berlin had pledged for Ukraine next year
Deputy chancellor warns constitutional court ruling may affect €200bn fund
The repercussions of Germany’s top court striking down a domestic budgetary manoeuvre will spread to EU politics
Judges say government’s fund intended to subsidise chip factories and upgrade railways is illegal
Confidence grows that downturn in largest EU economy has ‘bottomed out’, ZEW survey suggests
Ruling related to country’s enshrined debt brake risks spat within coalition and cash for energy transition
Downturn in once-thriving residential construction industry poses challenge for EU’s largest economy
Deal to help shield country’s manufacturers from high energy costs likely to draw criticism from Brussels
Berlin’s asylum package, which could see processing centres set up outside EU, scales back benefits for refugees
More companies cut jobs as Europe’s largest economy stagnates and borrowing costs rise
Price growth in largest EU economy lower than expected at 3% but output shrank in third quarter
Christiane Benner, the first female head of IG Metall, warns against the country’s ‘creeping deindustrialisation’
Facing higher energy costs and the transition to electric vehicles, once prosperous industrial districts are struggling to adapt
Exports of goods outside EU decline, with double-digit decrease in shipments to US and China
Habeck blames slowdown on higher rates, global trade woes and a ‘desperate’ shortage of skilled workers
Energy minister says bloc will lose out to Biden’s IRA if Paris and Berlin fail to resolve differences over nuclear power
Brussels unlocks funds for Hungary in hopes of more support for Ukraine
A cluster of companies in a city near Shanghai faces rising competition and slowing Chinese growth
Record numbers of drinkers are flocking to the Theresienwiese fairground despite the soaring cost of beer
Berlin has tightened deficit discipline as ‘bond vigilantes’ return
Prices rise by 4.3 per cent in the year to September, boosting expectations of a slowdown in region-wide inflation
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