A German Neo-Nazi was sentenced this week to life in prison for murdering Walter Lübcke, a local politician whose support for refugees had made him a target among Germany’s right-wing extremist scene. The verdict has closed a painful chapter in Germany's debate on migration, but there's a long history of xenophobia and racism that continues to simmer underneath.
Several German state governments have said they would be prepared to take in refugee children from Greece. One state, Thuringia, has even suggested it would do so in the face of the refusal in Berlin.
The German government has moved closer to passing a long-awaited law lifting obstacles to skilled labor from around the world. Businesses say Germany could benefit from nationalist policies in the US and the UK.
Chancellor Angela Merkel has got her Interior Minister Horst Seehofer to agree to wait for an upcoming EU summit before imposing new border controls. His asylum reform plan could threaten the EU immigration system.
Angela Merkel is facing the biggest crisis of her chancellorship. Her conservative Bavarian allies, the CSU, are threatening to abandon her over asylum policy. What will happen next? DW examines the likely scenarios.