Organic food sales are booming in Germany, but domestic farmers miss out as much of the fruit and veg is imported, even thought it could be home-grown. A study said on Tuesday there was not enough land designated for organic farming.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel admitted she developed her characteristic hand gesture for the want of something to do with her arms, and that she saved up sleep like a camel stores water, to get through marathon talks.
The Bundesbank started issuing a new €5 note on Thursday which will gradually replace the bill that has been in circulation since the introduction of the single currency in 2002.
Ditching the euro would cost Germany at least 200,000 jobs and half a percentage point in growth, according to a new study which concluded that Europe's biggest economy benefited from being within the eurozone.
Germany on Monday played down criticism by France's ruling Socialists of Chancellor Angela Merkel's insistence on austerity, and said it saw cooperation with Paris as "essential".
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday that her government backs a proposed European banking union but rejects for now a plan for common deposit guarantees.
The German government insisted Thursday that Europe's biggest economy could "look to the future with optimism", despite recent disappointing economic data and falling confidence.
The International Monetary Fund's chief economist believes Germany's budgetary policy is "appropriate" while criticizing the fiscal habits of the United States.
German business confidence took a tumble this month, according to data Wednesday, putting speculation of a possible interest rate cut by the European Central Bank back on the table, analysts said.
Germany argued Tuesday that the eurozone must stay the course with "already successful" reforms and fiscal discipline, a day after European Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso suggested the tide may be turning against tough austerity.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday rejected the idea that her country was seeking "hegemony" in the European Union, but insisted members needed to cede some national sovereignty for the greater good.
A wide-scale rise in wages in Germany would not benefit other eurozone members, but would actually harm the single currency area as a whole, Bundesbank president Jens Weidmann said Monday.
German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble has appealed to CDU supporters not to vote for the newly-formed eurosceptic Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party in September’s federal elections.
The European debt crisis could take a decade to overcome, according to Bundesbank president and ECB council member Jens Weidmann, who added that the ECB could cut interest rates if new information warranted such a move.
A new anti-euro party in Germany scored three percent in a poll on Tuesday, a marginal result but an election-year wild card as Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition rules with a narrow lead.
Germany does not have the economic strength to launch another stimulus package now without running the risk of losing market confidence, Chancellor Angela Merkel said late Monday.
The new anti-euro party Alternative for Germany (AfD) could tip the balance in the upcoming election regardless of whether it makes it into the Bundestag, according to a prominent German political expert.
Germany on Friday said the amount of a eurozone bailout for Cyprus would not rise, after the debt-laden island state's president said he would appeal for extra assistance.
Almost 70 percent of Germans now favour the euro, and only 27 percent would prefer to ditch the common currency and return to the once-beloved deutschmark, a survey published on Tuesday found.
German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble said Thursday that he understood Cypriot anger over the tough terms of its international bailout but said it would fade eventually.
The EU’s disastrous handling of the Cyprus bailout has not damaged Chancellor Angela Merkel’s standing with German voters, according to pollster Forsa.
Germany imposed its will at the Cyprus rescue talks but at a potentially heavy cost to its image in Europe, where angry protesters in debt-mired states make Nazi slurs and blame Berlin for merciless austerity measures.
