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    Laura Pitel

    Berlin correspondent

    Laura Pitel is the FT’s Berlin correspondent. Her beats include German foreign policy, defence and energy. Previously she was the FT’s Turkey correspondent.
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    • Sunday, 1 October, 2023
      Energy sector
      Germany is failing to protect power groups from cyber attacks, warns Eon boss

      Operator of the country’s largest network urges authorities across Europe to do more to protect key assets

    • Monday, 25 September, 2023
      Media
      Germany’s ProSieben deepens ties with Berlusconi media empire

      New head of entertainment network accedes to longstanding Italian request for more pan-European co-operation

      Heidi Klum, left, and Tyra Banks in ‘Germany’s next Topmodel’
    • Sunday, 17 September, 2023
      RWE AG
      Offshore wind auction’s lack of bids must be ‘wake-up call’ for UK, says RWE chief

      Markus Krebber urges British government to heed warnings from developers to avoid jeopardising climate targets

      Walney Offshore Wind Farm off the Cumbrian Coast in the UK
    • Thursday, 14 September, 2023
      German economy
      Gloom spreads through German manufacturing

      Disruptions compound longer-term structural problems including labour shortages and a lack of investment

      Machine tool maker Heller’s headquarters in Nürtingen
    • Wednesday, 13 September, 2023
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      IPO within Arm’s reach

      BP’s chief executive Bernard Looney resigns

    • Sunday, 10 September, 2023
      German politics
      Top German defence official vows to speed up procurement in response to Ukraine war

      Annette Lehnigk-Emden says agency is pushing back against bureaucracy as part of security overhaul by Berlin

      Annette Lehnigk-Emden in Koblenz last month
    • Friday, 8 September, 2023
      Climate change
      Germany passes watered-down ‘boiler ban’ law after months of infighting

      Bundestag approves amended version of plan following public backlash and bruising political row

    • Thursday, 7 September, 2023
      Brexit
      Germany backs delay to EV tariffs in boost to Sunak

      Berlin’s switch comes after industry warnings but the European Commission remains split

      A Renault Rafale electric vehicle at the Munich Motor Show
    • Thursday, 7 September, 2023
      German economy
      Germany’s industrial gloom deepens as production falls

      Sharp decline in carmaking drives third consecutive drop, as second-quarter eurozone growth is revised down to 0.1%

      A Volkswagen plant in Zwickau, Germany
    • Wednesday, 6 September, 2023
      German economy
      Scholz vows to cut bureaucracy as economic woes mount

      Chancellor calls for a pact between government, federal states, municipalities and the opposition

      Olaf Scholz in the Bundestag in Berlin, Germany on September 6 2023
    • Tuesday, 5 September, 2023
      Europe Express
      Why Germany is reeling from more than one political black eye Premium content

      Also in this newsletter: green NGOs denounce the choice of new EU climate commissioner

      German Chancellor Olaf Scholz with a black eye-pad at the chancellery in Berlin
    • Monday, 4 September, 2023
      German politics
      Bavarian leader under fire over handling of antisemitism scandal

      CSU’s Markus Söder says it would be ‘disproportionate’ to fire deputy over schoolboy leaflets that joked about Holocaust

      Markus Söder greeting supporters
    • Wednesday, 30 August, 2023
      Advertising
      German TV boss attacks ‘ideological’ plan to curb junk food ads

      Thomas Rabe says companies must not be ‘burdened with bureaucracy’ at time of angst for national economy

      Thomas Rabe
    • Tuesday, 29 August, 2023
      FT SeriesExtreme renting
      Extreme renting: limits on rents leave Berlin’s new tenants vying for homes

      Housing costs have skyrocketed in a city once known as ‘hip and cheap’

      Montage of apartments and chart lines
    • Monday, 28 August, 2023
      German politics
      Scholz’s fractious German coalition resolves child benefit dispute

      Deal comes after fresh flare-up between Green and FDP partners with long history of infighting

      Olaf Scholz
    • Monday, 28 August, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Lost in translation: Germany’s challenges training Ukrainian soldiers

      Old tanks, ageing recruits and a lack of competent interpreters complicate Berlin’s efforts

      Ukrainian soldiers
    • Thursday, 24 August, 2023
      German politics
      Robert Habeck adds to criticism of German intelligence blunders

      Foreign service failed to foresee Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, deputy chancellor says

      Robert Habeck
    • Tuesday, 22 August, 2023
      Axel Springer SE
      Axel Springer settles lawsuit against former Bild editor

      Agreement marks truce in bitter dispute that had clouded efforts to move on from sexual harassment claims

      Julian Reichelt
    • Sunday, 20 August, 2023
      German economy
      German minister proposes tougher rules on Chinese foreign direct investment

      Deputy chancellor urges stricter controls on overseas groups’ operations in critical sectors such as semiconductors and AI

      Germany’s deputy chancellor Robert Habeck, pictured in June 2022
    • Wednesday, 16 August, 2023
      Germany
      Germany’s cabinet approves plan for ‘controlled legalisation’ of cannabis

      Compromise would allow ‘cannabis clubs’ to grow and distribute marijuana to their members

      Protesters march with a giant mock joint that bears the words ‘Legalisation’ in Berlin
    • Wednesday, 16 August, 2023
      Climate change
      US green technology investment leaves Europe in the shade

      EU start-ups attract less than half the funding of US counterparts since IRA was unveiled

    • Tuesday, 15 August, 2023
      Germany
      Germany’s foreign minister cancels Australia trip after plane ‘debacle’

      Annalena Baerbock said aircraft malfunctions were ‘more than annoying’

      Annalena Baerbock disembarking her plane in Abu Dhabi
    • Monday, 14 August, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      German minister backs sending Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine

      Christian Lindner adds to pressure on chancellor to support contentious measure

    • Monday, 14 August, 2023
      Germany
      German minister Baerbock stranded in Gulf after aircraft malfunction

      Emergency landing is latest in a series of glitches that have plagued government planes

      Annalena Baerbock walking past an aircraft with airport workers in the background
    • Thursday, 10 August, 2023
      Global trade
      EU treads cautious line over US investment bans on Chinese tech

      Brussels unwilling to follow suit straight away and says it will issue its own proposals by year-end

      Chinese president Xi Jinping, his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron and European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen attend a meeting in Beijing
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