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Klingbeil Opens Door to 'Rasenmäher' Cuts

Klingbeil's conditional backing brings the finance ministry nearer to a CDU plan, offering a potential source to finance the planned 2027 tax reform.

Germany’s Reform Talks Split Over Who Pays as Bundesbank Backs Higher Retirement Age

Warken Sets Summer Draft to Ready Health System for War, Ties GKV Fix to Spending Restraint

Markus Lanz Probes AfD 'Firewall' and Merz 'Cityscape' Remark Over Two Nights

Merz Coalition Squeezed as Pension Bill Reaches Bundestag and Wehrdienst Compromise Collapses

Germany Weighs Ending Care Level 1 to Save €1.8 Billion

Germany’s First Away Qualifying Defeat Puts Nagelsmann Under Immediate Pressure

Germany Sets 2026 Bürgergeld Freeze as Merz Presses Cost-Cutting Reforms

Habeck’s Exit Roils Berlin as Dresden Tram Stabbing Probe Tightens

Germany Sets €9 Billion Ukraine Aid, OKs Nuclear Waste Transports, Habeck to Leave Bundestag as Bundesliga Faces Transfer Squeeze

Germany’s Pension Plan Locks 48% Level to 2031 as Incentive Push Draws Cost Warnings

Merz Convenes CDU Leadership to Stem Crisis Over Gaza Arms Export Halt

Trump Tightens Putin Deadline as U.S. and EU Agree 15% Tariff Deal; Europe Launches Gaza Airlift

Factional Spat Paralyzes AfD in NRW as Coalition Deadlock Deepens

England vs Italy in Geneva and Germany vs Spain in Zurich to Decide Women’s Euro Finalists

Coalition Downplays Urgency Over Constitutional Court Appointment Deadlock

German Coalition Defends Scaled-Back Electricity Relief as Critics Accuse It of Broken Promises

Coalition Negotiates Funding for Household Electricity Tax Cut

Austria Considers Gun Law Overhaul After Graz School Shooting

US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation launches first aid distribution in Gaza Strip