Frederick the Great: Popular, controversial, with some daddy issues
A year-long celebration of the Prussian king's tricentenary(11)
Germany’s intelligence services: Protection racket
The spooks can’t keep their eyes off the left(8)
Germany and eastern Europe: Love in a cold climate
Germany’s eastern policy has never been stronger(33)
Schumpeter: The coming retail boom
Europe’s dozy retailers are about to be rudely awoken(22)
France's presidential campaign: Sarkozy's German fixation
Nicolas Sarkozy looks admiringly across the Rhine(161)
Charlemagne: Hopeful or hopeless?
Europe struggles to find a strategy to grow out of its debt crisis(65)
The euro crisis: Angela Merkel would consider a euro-zone fiscal stimulus
A preview of a forthcoming interview with the German chancellor(11)
The UK slips close to recession(12)
Daily chart: The debtors' merry-go-round
Our interactive guide to debt across the globe(139)
Charlemagne: And then there was one
Germany now stands alone. But its power may weaken the euro zone(334)
European economies: Europe's deepening crisis
The state of Europe's economies(108)
Germany and the euro: Unhappy new year
Euro-zone leaders meet and talk, but have not resolved their crisis(51)
European bank capital: By hook or by crook
Banks in Europe scrape together the extra capital they need(6)
The euro crisis: Just a tiny recession
That's what Europe is headed for, supposedly(29)
ECB policy: Not favouritism, just error
ECB policy isn't too Germany-friendly, it is just too tight(9)
Focus: The Economist poll of forecasters
What our polls forecast for GDP growth and inflation this year(1)
The self-delusion of European leaders as they wrangle over yet another treaty(217)
The euro crisis: Claim theory (longish and wonkish)
Why Europe's difficulties are likely to continue(23)
Buttonwood: Not in front of the servants
An ancient snobbery towards commerce remains(16)
European banks: Staggering to the rescue
Europe’s troubled banks and broke governments are in a dangerous embrace(37)
Tort reform: Closing the lottery
The debate over tort reform generates exaggerated claims, but also a few good ideas(13)
Lessons of the 1930s: There could be trouble ahead
In 2008 the world dodged a second Depression by avoiding the mistakes that led to the first. But there are further lessons to be learned for both Europe and America(122)
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