A series of assaults by foreign nationals has fuelled debate about migration ahead of Sunday’s election
Far-right AfD could win its first direct seats in centre-left SPD’s Ruhr stronghold on Sunday
As the country goes to the polls, writers explore, in fiction and non-fiction, its identity and values — and where these suggest it is heading
More than 30 people injured in the third attack by a migrant in Germany in three months
Pforzheim is a microcosm of migration and economic debates boosting AfD ahead of Germany’s federal elections
Conservative frontrunner to be country’s next chancellor aims to submit tough migration proposals to MPs next week
Refugees in Germany and elsewhere are in ‘wait and see’ mode after fall of Assad regime
Also in this newsletter: How Rachel Reeves’ pitch to Brussels went down
Berlin plans to carry out checks at all land frontiers in a bid to stem illegal migration
Measures, which include a ban on knives at public events, follow outrage over terror attack in western city last week
Call for dialogue with opposition and regions follows deadly knife attack by a suspected Syrian national
Far right seizes on arrest of Syrian immigrant suspected of killing three people ahead of regional elections
Far right Alternative for Germany seizes on crime perpetrated by Afghan migrant to stoke fear
Olaf Scholz responds to reports of AfD politicians secretly meeting Austrian white supremacist
Also in this newsletter: three high-profile corruption cases in France
Bitter immigration debate has pitted Scholz’s coalition and opposition parties against each other
Government seeks to make it easier to deport failed asylum seekers who are still in the country
Billionaire spars publicly with Germany’s foreign ministry on his social media platform
Alternative for Germany is stoking anti-migrant sentiment in the town of G?rlitz — and nationwide
Berlin says Rome is not meeting its obligations under the EU’s Dublin asylum rules
Saxony’s prime minister claims constitutional change to limit numbers of arrivals would help avert the rise of the far right
After witnessing the pressures on Turkey, I find it hard to hear of a wealthier nation worrying about integration
Figure exceeds number of migrants who arrived in the country in 2015-16
Sponsors of the bill say the idea of having ‘only one homeland is completely outdated’
Surge comes on top of the arrival of millions of Ukrainian refugees
