Germany

Inquiries into tax fraud threaten to undermine the authority and survival of Chancellor Olaf Scholz

Germany’s business and consumer confidence is entering recession territory

Gazprom is cutting gas flows via the Nord Stream 1 pipeline to one-fifth of normal capacity

Wider sovereign yield spreads due to higher inflation, rate hikes and Italy’s political crisis raise fragmentation risks

Germany is unlikely to decouple fully from Russian energy before 2025 despite huge efforts to diversify energy supply

Gas supply shortages increase the chances that Germany’s coalition partners will agree to extend life of nuclear plants

Germany is likely to enter a technical recession this year amid soaring inflation and energy shortages

Germany has been following France's lead in the Sahel, but Berlin's role is becoming more important now