Deutsche Bank’s profits have plummeted by 92% in the fourth quarter of 2024, a result that has prompted CEO Christian Sewing to signal potential restructuring moves. As reported by the Financial Times,
Friedrich Merz’s first 100 days as German chancellor have been overshadowed by public discontent, economic stagnation, and coalition infighting, with new polling suggesting his early performance rates even worse than that of
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Germany’s finance minister Lars Klingbeil has sounded the alarm over a €170bn budget gap that he warned poses a “massive challenge” to the country’s ruling coalition, even as Europe’s largest economy moves
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Deutsche Bank CEO Christian Sewing is facing mounting scrutiny after being drawn into a €152 million civil lawsuit that alleges his involvement in a flawed internal audit linked to a high-profile financial
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A century after Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf was published, an unsettling reflection published by The Independent UK challenges long-held assumptions about Britain’s moral immunity to fascism and raises troubling parallels with today’s
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As Germany ramps up efforts to rebuild its armed forces in response to growing geopolitical threats, the country’s business leaders are raising red flags over the impact of military recruitment on an
More Deutsche Bank has revealed that it could face a significantly larger capital impact than previously expected under the upcoming Basel IV banking reforms, which overhaul how lenders calculate risk across their portfolios.
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A shadowy youth organization known as Jungadler is under investigation by Berlin’s public prosecutor over suspicions that it may be continuing the banned far-right legacy of the Heimattreue Deutsche Jugend (HDJ) —
More U.S. private equity powerhouse Apollo Global Management has announced plans to invest up to $100 billion in Germany over the next decade, marking a significant endorsement of Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s ambitious efforts
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by Our Diplomatic Affairs Editor Annalena Baerbock’s appointment as President of the United Nations General Assembly in 2025 is, at best, a perplexing gambit, and at worst, a stark emblem of the
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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will meet with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington next week in his first official transatlantic trip since taking office, amid heightened geopolitical tensions and a delicate bilateral
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