- FRANCE 24

15/05/2012 - EU

Wilkommen in Deutschland, Monsieur le Président!

After his inauguration on Tuesday, Francois Hollande will head to Germany for his first official visit. The new French President is meeting Angela Merkel for the first time and they have much to discuss, especially on the issues of budgetary discipline growth and growth in Europe. Hollande and Merkel have distinctly different ideas on how to end the crisis. So is the new Franco-German couple doomed to fail?

29/02/2012 - GERMANY

Is Germany turning a blind eye to neo-Nazi crimes?

Between 2000 and 2006, members of the terrorist National Socialist Underground cell planted bombs and murdered ten people, including nine foreigners. Police attributed the crimes to the mafia until a combination of clues helped them discover the real perpetrators. How had the German authorities been blind to the neo-Nazi links behind the hate crimes for so long? Our correspondents Anne Mailliet, Brice Boussouar and Jessica Saltz investigate.

08/02/2012 - GERMANY

Germany's green growth running out of steam

The German government plans to decommission its nuclear plants by 2022 and to obtain 80% of all energy from renewables by 2050. Today, renewable energy sources already account for nearly a fifth of Germany's electricity, but the construction and transfer of wind energy from offshore farms is not making as much headway as had been expected.

28/12/2011 - GERMANY

Does Germany want out of the euro?

Whatever detractors of the single currency may say, a break-up of the eurozone would not be not in Germany's interest. But more than half of the country openly admits to flirting with the idea of resurrecting the Deutschmark. Others, meanwhile, argue that bringing back the former currency would be catastrophic for Germany, as our correspondents Jessica Saltz and Anne Mailliet found out.

04/07/2011 - GERMANY

Mladic's trial: healing the wounds of Bosnian refugees

With the arrest of former Serbian general Ratko Mladic, Bosnians around the world have breathed a collective sigh of relief. In the early 1990s, 350,000 Bosnians took refuge in Germany. They couldn't go home and years later, they still feel traumatised by events. For them, the capture and trial of Mladic is long-awaited and certain to bring back painful memories.

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14/04/2011 - GERMANY - FRANCE

The nuclear plant that Germans want shut down - in France

The Fessenheim nuclear power plant in Alsace is currently the subject of much debate. Germans are becoming increasingly opposed to nuclear power after the Fukushima disaster, and the plant's proximity to the Franco-German border has many of them worried. They want the ageing reactor shut down immediately, but most French people see no urgent need to close it down.

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26/11/2010 - GERMANY

Berlin bails out another EU partner - but Germans at home are also feeling the pinch

With other European countries in financial turmoil, Germany seems to be one EU member state who runs a tight ship. Angela Merkel was instrumental in the Greek bailout, and her government played a part in the Irish rescue earlier this week. But jo just how well is Germany's own economy doing? As France 24 discovered, while the Bundestag might be able to help other countries, the German people themselves are not immune from painful austerity measures.