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FAZ: Germany promises drastically higher defence spending | Deutschland verspricht drastisch höhere Verteidigungsausgaben
Funke: Dispute over neighbourhood road-blocks escalates: Senate stops funding for bollards | Streit um Kiezblocks eskaliert: Senat stoppt Geld für Poller
Handelsblatt: Restructurer seeks strategy: Can VW CEO Oliver Blume take the next step? | Sanierer sucht Strategie: Schafft VW-Chef Oliver Blume den nächsten Schritt?
RND: Merz on Illner: ‘We can do it’ | Merz bei Illner: „Wir schaffen das“
SZ: Wadephul supports Trump’s demand | Wadephul unterstützt Trumps Forderung
Tagesspiegel: Higher military spending despite lower revenues – doubts about plans from the Union | Höhere Militärausgaben trotz geringerer Einnahmen – Zweifel an Vorstößen aus der Union
taz: CDU becomes a 5 per cent party | CDU wird 5-Prozent-Partei
Welt: Wadephul wants to drastically increase German defence spending | Wadephul will den deutschen Wehretat drastisch erhöhen
Tax revenues to be €81.2 billion lower than expected by 2029: The federal government, states and municipalities will apparently have to make do with significantly less tax revenue in the coming years than was forecast last autumn. The Tax Estimate Working Group says that of the approximately €81 billion loss, €33 billion will be attributable to the federal government’s plans alone. The tax estimate is the basis for budget planning at the federal, state and local level. spiegel. de, thueringer-allgemeine.de
Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil wants a quick reform of the debt brake: He will shortly appoint a commission of experts to develop proposals, he said in the Bundestag. The agreed modernisation of the debt brake should enable stable public finances and sustainable investments in the future. Klingbeil wants to ‘turn the Ministry of Finance into a Ministry of Investment’. The government’s priority is to get the economy back on track for growth.
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Discussion about NATO spending target: Ahead of a meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Turkey, Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said Germany supported the US proposal to increase defence spending to five percent of gross domestic product. Currently, the NATO target is for annual spending of at least two percent of gross domestic product, which Germany complies with. NATO heads of state and government want to set a new spending target at their summit in The Hague at the end of June. spiegel. de, faz.net, n-tv.de
Rejections up 45 percent since border controls were tightened: Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said during a visit to the Bavarian-Austrian border that the federal police had turned away 739 people at the border in the past seven days. Fifty-one of them were asylum seekers, 32 of whom were sent back to the country they had initially entered. Dobrindt explained that they were working with EU partners on a new asylum system, with the aim of returning to a Europe without border controls. spiegel. de, zdf.de, tagesschau.de
Germany has formally achieved its climate target for 2024: However, the independent council of experts on climate issues emphasises that the decline in greenhouse gas emissions is partly due to the mild winter. The weak economy also contributed to lower energy consumption. At the same time, the experts warn that it is likely that the climate targets for 2030 will be missed by a wide margin. They have seen little positive momentum from the government so far. tagesschau.de
Tribute to the late Margot Friedländer: The Holocaust survivor, who died at the age of 103, has been buried at the Weißensee Jewish Cemetery. Among those attending were Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Chancellor Friedrich Merz and former Chancellors Angela Merkel and Olaf Scholz. Several speakers paid tribute to Friedländer for her commitment to humanity and against hatred. spiegel.de
- Transport Minister Patrick Schnieder wants to quickly spend new funds. swr.de
- Construction Minister Verena Hubertz announces a housing construction boost. handelsblatt.com
- Social Affairs Minister Bärbel Bas announces tough measures against social welfare fraud. n-tv.de
- Left-wing politician Marcel Bauer has to leave the Bundestag twice because he is wearing a beret. spiegel.de
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NRW Interior Minister Herbert Reul warns of aggressive espionage and sabotage by Russia: The tactics of Russian intelligence services have changed, Reul told the NRW Interior Committee. The secret services are becoming more willing to take risks. ‘They no longer need agents in the James Bond sense. So-called low-level agents, who can be recruited for little money, are sufficient,’ said Reul. On Wednesday, three people were arrested in Cologne, Constance and Switzerland on suspicion of spying for Russia. The suspects are said to have agreed to carry out arson and bomb attacks on goods transports in Germany. waz.de
- Berlin: Ten police officers injured after riots at pro-Palestinian Nakba demonstration in Kreuzberg. sueddeutsche.de
- Thuringia: Special cabinet meeting due to large budget deficit. n-tv.de
- Berlin: Senate cuts all funding for neighbourhood bollards and demands end of project. rbb24.de
- Baden-Württemberg: Ten months before the election, the CDU is well ahead of the Greens. n-tv.de
Ukraine summit in Istanbul finally called off: Talks between Ukraine and Russia are set to begin on Friday. A planned meeting on Thursday did not take place. According to the Turkish government, several talks in various formats are planned for Friday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia of only sending representatives who were not authorised to make decisions. The meeting had been proposed by Russian President Vladimir Putin. tagesschau.de, web.de
Violence in the Gaza Strip and West Bank: According to Hamas authorities, more than 80 people have been killed in Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip. The attacks were mainly directed at the northern part of the Palestinian territory. However, the city of Khan Yunis in the south was also affected. In the Israeli-occupied West Bank, a pregnant Israeli woman was killed in an attack by a Palestinian. Hamas praised the attack as heroic. Five Palestinians were killed in an Israeli military operation in the West Bank. According to the army, the men were terrorists. n-tv.de, tagesschau.de
- UN General Assembly: Baerbock sees herself as a bridge builder tagesschau.de
- EU Commission: TikTok violates rules for online advertising. zeit.de
Russia attempts to influence election campaign in Poland: According to a Polish cyber security research institute, new disinformation campaigns have been discovered in recent months. Hundreds of fake accounts on the online service X have been spreading Russian propaganda. Sunday’s presidential election is considered a bellwether: a victory for pro-European candidate Rafal Trzaskowski would pave the way for reforms by Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s government. His independent opponent, Karol Nawrocki, is supported by the nationalist conservative opposition party PiS. sueddeutsche.de
- Romania: Mathematics professor and Bucharest mayor Nicusor Dan will face off against ultra-nationalist and former hooligan George Simion in Sunday’s runoff election. sueddeutsche.de
- Belgium: Withdrawal from the nuclear phase-out; extension of the operating life of existing nuclear reactors. spiegel.de
- Study on economic efficiency: Public transport generates three times as much as it costs. zdf.de
- German teenagers spend too much time in front of screens, according to a study. n-tv.de
- Edeka expects food prices to remain stable. n-tv.de
- Working with disabilities: How inclusion can work faz.net
- Electric mobility: Expansion of charging infrastructure is progressing heise.de
- Survey on agricultural subsidies: Consumers demand animal welfare and sustainability spiegel.de
Lifeguards register more drowning deaths in 2024: According to figures from the German Life Saving Association (DLRG), 411 people died in the water last year. That was 31 more than in the previous year. The fatal accidents occurred mainly at unguarded bathing sites, with around 60 percent of the victims aged over 55. DLRG volunteers saved around 1,500 people across Germany last year, about half of them from drowning. In addition, cardiovascular diseases and heart attacks were treated outside the water. faz.net
- Max Planck Institute for Meteorology in Hamburg: Climate researchers warn that Europe is facing a scorching summer this year welt.de
- Association of German Local Newspapers and Local Media: Local newspaper publishers disappointed by the federal government horizont.net
- Journalism award in Hamburg: Stern Prize for investigative journalism that ‘is unreasonable in some respects’ sueddeutsche.de
- Hamas survivor at the Eurovision Song Contest: ‘I have a clear mission’ welt.de
- Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra focuses on controversy in its upcoming season wdr.de
- Suspected assault: Police arrest rapper Chris Brown in Manchester web.de
- Discontent with association boss: Start of FIFA Congress postponed – because Infantino prefers to be with Trump and the sheikhs spiegel.de
- Following the ECJ’s final ruling on player agent regulations: Associations are (still) authorised to regulate the player agent market, but there are likely to be several more proceedings to clarify details kicker.de
- DFB fights back with all its might in World Cup lawsuit – On Thursday, DFB representatives requested a renewed ‘legal notice’ from the judge, the summoning of another witness and an expert opinion. sport.de
- Accessibility in stadiums: How the Bundesliga excludes wheelchair users zeit.de
- Coach Toppmöller stays: A signal ahead of the showdown at Eintracht Frankfurt faz.net
- Sexist abuse of female referee by fans: DFB imposes fine on Rot-Weiss Essen sportschau.de
Study: Dogs in a bad mood are more intelligent. web.de