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As Donald Trump is set to take office in the United States, people in Germany are wondering how his leadership and plans, such as import tariffs, might affect the country – and Europe.

Sunday’s leak of a cable from Berlin’s ambassador to the United States worrying about Donald Trump’s “plans for revenge” has sent German diplomacy in a spin ahead of the Republican’s return to power.

Scholz says Germany must never forget about the Holocaust as Auschwitz anniversary nears, flu wave begins in Germany, diplomat raises concerns over Trump’s presidency and more news this Monday.

Donald Trump is “predictable” and his return to the White House will bring clarity to US-Europe ties, conservative leader Friedrich Merz, the favourite to become Germany’s next chancellor, said on Saturday.

Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Friday laid out his vision to revitalise Germany’s ailing economy at a campaign event in the historic home base of crisis-hit auto titan Volkswagen.

From worries over the frontrunner parties in Germany taking aim at immigration and citizenship to accidentally annoying your German neighbours, here’s what we’re talking about this week at The Local.

The UK government has agreed to relax a controversial rules on the ETA visa waiver which is now required for non-EU arrivals in Britain, and will from the spring be required for EU citizens too.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will meet French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris next Wednesday, two days after the inauguration of Donald Trump as US president, Berlin said.

Whether you’re wondering about the fate of the dual citizenship law or trying to figure out how the German voting system works, we’d love to hear your questions about the upcoming elections on February 23rd.