Germany is under attack from China, a senior opposition MP has warned, as Berlin grapples with a fresh wave of cyber attacks and espionage plots.

Politicians and experts push for reduced reliance on Beijing as Berlin ‘would not and could not evade’ economic fallout of Taiwan invasion

In response to the warning from Friedrich Merz, German Christian Democratic candidate for chancellor, who warned of “great risks” for companies investing in China, Mao Ning, spokesperson from China’s Foreign Ministry,

China has rapidly surpassed Germany and Japan in industrial robotics, leading the world with 470 robots per 10,000 employees in 2023.

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A poll suggests that Germans who get their news from TikTok, rather than traditional media, are less critical of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. It comes amid a debate over shutting down the Chinese platform in the US.

The leader of Germany's main opposition party has caused upset by saying he will bring proposals for an instant change to the country's immigration laws before parliament this week, days after an Afghan asylum seeker was arrested following a fatal double stabbing in the southern city of Aschaffenburg.

Germans who get their news through TikTok are less likely to see China as a dictatorship, be less critical of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and be more sceptical about climate change and the utility of vaccines than consumers of other media.

Meanwhile, families of executed prisoners demand access to unmarked graves, the foreign minister’s talks with the Taliban trigger backlash and a cleric resigns after criticising Azerbaijan’s president

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel criticized Friedrich Merz, her successor as leader of the country’s conservatives, on Thursday for pushing through a bill on tighter immigration control with the help of the far right.

Decisions to greenlight development in the Rosebank oilfield and Jackdaw gas fields have been ruled unlawful, because developers “had not taken into account the carbon emissions created by burning any oil and gas produced”,

The country’s likely next chancellor wanted to focus on the economy—before suddenly betting everything on culture war.