Germany

Walter Rosenthal, the new president of the German Rectors’ Conference, speaks to Science|Business about Germany’s Chinese research links, the rise of the AfD, and his message for Brussels about Horizon Europe

University heads from the UK and Germany are meeting in Hamburg to discuss restoring collaboration. But it could perhaps take up to five years to get back on track, one warns

Research ministry says funding will hit nearly €500M in 2024, an increase of €200M over last year. But companies worry about deployment, and there’s concern that EU efforts still aren’t joined up enough

$1.4B has been raised and 13 fusion start-ups have launched in the past year globally. But the industry now faces a valley of death as it tries to attract fresh money to build nuclear fusion prototypes

The strategy aims to ensure German science excels internationally. It has worked well for the biggest hitters - but many worry universities in former East Germany are being left behind

The country’s new China strategy warns that Beijing now views even basic research through a military lens. But details on how the new policy will be implemented are lacking, and ministries appear confused over who has responsibility

After 11 years leading Germany’s biggest applied research organisation, Reimund Neugebauer leaves ‘by mutual agreement.’ Karlsruhe president named to succeed him

After an audit report found ‘numerous violations’ of financial controls at one of Europe’s top research institutions, the government has told it to shake up its governance

Mirroring a change in sentiment across the EU, Germany’s ‘future strategy’ demands more reciprocity from Beijing on access to research data. A separate China strategy, currently debated in government, could also shift German policy

After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Chancellor Olaf Scholz declared a ‘Zeitenwende’, shifting Germany policy towards a new, wary realism. Research policy has only begun to catch up, says Ruppert Stüwe, German Social Democratic Party MP