Birgit Jennen

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BERLIN, GERMANY – SEPTEMBER 04: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz addresses a press conference on the government coalition’s relief plan to cope with soaring energy costs, at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany on September 04, 2022. (Photo by Abdulhamid Hosbas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Germany announces $65 billion ‘relief to citizens’ package amid soaring energy prices

By Steven Arons, Birgit Jennen, and others

European Commissioner for Economy Paolo Gentiloni attends a news conference following an Eurozone finance ministers virtual meeting in Brussels on March 15, 2021. (Photo by Olivier HOSLET / POOL / AFP) (Photo by OLIVIER HOSLET/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Europe feeling ‘optimistic’ about global tax agreement on corporate giants

By Viktoria Dendrinou, William Horobin, and others

German Chancellor Angela Merkel takes her seat at the beginning of the weekly meeting of the German Federal cabinet in the conference hall of the Chancellery on January 6, 2021 in Berlin, Germany. A day after stricter coronavirus measures have been decided, the Chancellor and the governments minister are expected to discuss the slow vaccine distribution. (Photo by Clemens Bilan – Pool/Getty Images)

“Problematic”: Trump’s Twitter ban prompts outcry over tech companies’ power from Germany, France

By Birgit Jennen, Ania Nussbaum, and others

Lufthansa Boeing 747 passenger aircraft standing on the tarmac at Frankfurt Airport. The German government will reportedly take a stake in the carrier

After Air France-KLM bailout, Germany’s Lufthansa could be next

By Birgit Jennen, William Wilkes, and others