Germany's new commissioner divides opinions
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From November, the 60-year-old German will have the grand-sounding title of vice-president of the Commission in charge of industry and enterprise.
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Germany has criticised Italy for opposing its campaign for a permanent seat on the UN Security Council. German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer said Europe would lose out if it was the only region not to have a new representative on an enlarged council.
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The German political world is split over whether to ban the neo-Nazi National Democratic Party which is using the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II as a new electoral platform.
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EU farm commissioner Franz Fischler on Friday became the latest Brussels critic to raise doubts over Turkey&#39;s hopes of joining the bloc, as wrangling over Ankara&#39;s EU bid heats up.
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Mr Verheugen was challenged on claims by Frits Bolkestein, the outgoing EU internal market commissioner, that a German commissioner in his job would be a lapdog of Berlin.
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As Germany and Interpol join the Litvinenko investigation, clues - and agendas - are often at odds.
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GÃ¼nter Verheugen, the German who has been the European Union&#39;s commissioner for enlargement since 1999, was in an optimistic mood last April.
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Â·  Chief negotiator resigns after rift on strategyÂ·   Doubts surround future of foreign minister
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Peter Hartz, as chairman of a commission to overhaul Germany's economy, became synonymous with far-reaching, often unpopular, reforms.
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German President Horst Koehler sparks a row with comments on giving aid to the  poorer eastern states.
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BRUSSELS Frits Bolkestein, one of the European Union&#39;s most outspoken commissioners, stirred controversy Tuesday after he seemed to try to raise concerns that admitting Turkey to the EU would make Europe more Islamic.
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The German had previously ruled out retaining the job and insisted it should go to another senior figure from the European Tour. However, in a news conference after Europe&#39;s crushing 18 1/2-9
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Rocco Buttiglione, the incoming EU commissioner for justice and civil liberties, looks set to cling onto his job despite widespread outrage at his recent right wing comments about sexual diversity and women.
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By Hugh Williamson in Berlin and Patrick Jenkins in Frankfurt. Simmering tensions between the German government and the country&#39;s central bank boiled over into a full-scale row last night after Hans Eichel, finance
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Papers in Germany assess the European Commission's decision not to take action against Berlin and Paris for breaching budget rules while in other papers debate is raging on Turkey's European credentials.
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The Commission has lifted the excessive deficit procedure, first launched in 2003, against France and Germany. But already there are doubts about Germany respecting the rules in 2005.
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Germany has commemorated the country&#39;s 1990 unification as debate raged about continued east-west divisions, the financial cost of the process and whether the federal state even has a future.