Bild: This is how rich your salary makes you | So reich sind Sie mit Ihrem Gehalt
FAZ: Trade conflict between America and China comes to a head | Zollkonflikt zwischen Amerika und China spitzt sich zu
Funke: Berlin SPD distances itself from Israeli government | Berliner SPD geht auf Distanz zu Israels Regierung
Handelsblatt: Bundeswehr plans its own satellite system | Bundeswehr plant eigenes Satelliten-System
RND: Coalition negotiations close to completion – CDU and SPD set sights on Wednesday | Koalitionsverhandlungen kurz vor Abschluss – Union und SPD hoffen nun auf Mittwoch
SZ: 104 percent tariffs on Chinese imports |104 Prozent Zölle auf chinesische Importe
Tagesspiegel: Black-red on the home straight – Merz and Klingbeil clarify last questions | Schwarz-Rot auf der Zielgeraden – Merz und Klingbeil klären letzte Fragen
taz: About life in Gaza | Über Leben in Gaza
Welt: Trump remains tough on tariffs – China speaks of extortion | Trump bleibt hart bei Zöllen – China spricht von Erpressung
The CDU and SPD ended coalition negotiations late Tuesday night without a final agreement: The CDU, CSU and SPD had been meeting in rotating groups throughout the day, which were repeatedly interrupted by individual consultations within the parties. According to sources close to the negotiations, the aim is now to reach an agreement by Wednesday lunchtime. The talks are to continue at CDU party headquarters this morning. tagesspiegel.de, n-tv.de
Israel’s Supreme Court has left Shin Bet domestic intelligence chief Ronen Bar in office for the time being. In addition, a temporary injunction was issued stating that Bar’s powers must not be restricted. The government is not allowed to appoint a successor, but it may question possible candidates. The judges also suggested that the government and the attorney general reach a compromise in the dispute and gave both sides until April 20 to do so. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Bar’s dismissal in March, citing a lack of trust. Bar, on the other hand, described the decision as politically motivated. His dismissal triggered mass protests in Israel. Shin Bet is currently investigating people close to Netanyahu on suspicion of illegal ties to the Arab Gulf state of Qatar. Netanyahu said he was „irritated“ by the court’s decision and that he would continue to hold talks with candidates who could replace Bar. spiegel.de, handelsblatt.com
Ukraine’s army has captured two Chinese soldiers: President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that the Chinese citizens were captured during fighting in the Donetsk region. He also said that there were indications that other Chinese soldiers were fighting on Russia’s side. He had therefore officially asked the leadership in Beijing whether China had joined Russia’s war against his country. China is presenting itself as neutral in the conflict. tagesschau.de, rnd.de
RTL/ntv trend barometer from Forsa: CDU 25 percent, AfD 24 percent, SPD 15 percent, Greens 12 percent, Left Party 10 percent, BSW 4 percent, FDP 3 percent (-1), others 7 percent. n-tv.de
- Friedrich Merz suitable as chancellor: Yes 32 percent, No 60 percent.
Finance Minister Jörg Kukies fears export losses: If US President Donald Trump were to stick with the tariffs imposed, there would be a risk of export losses of around 15 percent, Kukies said on ZDF. The Green Party has called for a Bundestag debate on the tariff conflict and its economic consequences this week. Faction leader Britta Haßelmann said on DLF radio that many companies and citizens were very concerned. The world is not taking a break just because the CDU and SPD are conducting coalition negotiations. tagesspiegel.de
Germany has temporarily suspended the admission of UN refugees. The interior ministry cited the ongoing coalition negotiations as the reason for the decision. All procedures have been suspended until a new government is formed. Germany has been participating in the resettlement program since 2012, in which the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) suggests particularly vulnerable people who can neither return to their home country nor remain in the first country of asylum. Many come from Syria and live as refugees in Turkey, Egypt or Jordan, for example. spiegel.de, tagesschau.de
Federal states are slow to implement digital services for citizens: Although the Online Access Act stipulates that 575 state services should have been available to citizens for more than two years, only slightly more than a third of them were available nationwide at the beginning of January. That’s according to the German Economic Institute’s Behörden-Digimeter. Among the federal states, Bavaria is in the lead. tagesspiegel.de
BSI and the Office for the Protection of the Constitution are investigating a Russian cyberattack on the German Association for Eastern European Studies. The cyber attack is said to have been carried out by the hacker group APT 29, also known as „Cozy Bear“. This is a group controlled by the Russian secret service SWR. The Kremlin hackers are also suspected of attacking several German parties with malware. web.de, handelsblatt.com
CDU district association in Harz demands end to „Brandmauer“ against AfD: The federal party should lift the ban on working with the far-right party, the association said. The district executive committee presented the decision to the state party. It argues that even traditional CDU strongholds could not have been won in the fall election. The CDU state association said in response that the party’s policy on working with the AfD and the Left Party is clear: there is to be no cooperation with the AfD and the Left. tagesspiegel.de
Judge orders investigation into Mannheim knife attacker’s potential Russian connections: The state criminal police office and the Federal Public Prosecutor General have been asked to inform the court of any findings in the run-up to the crime; a corresponding request will also be made to the Federal Intelligence Service if necessary. On the German TV channel ZDF, an internet profiler had reported suspicious search queries from Russia days before the knife attack – with terms that suggested awareness of the attack before it happened. Security authorities do not assume that there are Russian masterminds behind the attack, reports the FAZ. n-tv. de, faz.net
More news:
- Hessen: Ukraine’s „secret weapon“ is said to be in Wiesbaden; the US is involved in operations. n-tv.de
- Berlin: Defendant admits to attack on Jewish student but denies anti-Semitic motive. lto.de
- North Rhine-Westphalia: SPD and FDP want to question court candidate again over doubts about her statement. wdr.de
- Saarland: Dispute over economic course; CDU wants more armaments, SPD wants diversity. saarbruecker-zeitung.de
- Baden-Württemberg: Stuttgart is testing a chatbot to answer citizens‘ questions. stuttgarter-zeitung.de
- Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: Natural gas company plans LNG terminal expansion off Rügen. n-tv.de
- Brandenburg: Teachers are being hired again after temporary freeze. rbb24.de
- Saxony: Teachers‘ association calls on teachers to protest. zdf.de
- Thuringia: Centralized immigration office to be launched next week. mdr.de
- Saxony: 129 million euros in funding for urban development. n-tv.de
- Bremen: CDU sees criticism of environmental zone confirmed. weser-kurier.de
- NRW: Minister of the Interior Herbert Reul still has no electric cars in sight for patrol duty. n-tv.de
- Saarland: Public festivals are at risk due to excessive safety regulations, according to administrative heads. saarbruecker-zeitung.de
Preparations for additional US tariffs underway: The EU Commission is expected to present a comprehensive plan next week. As early as Wednesday, EU countries want to approve a list of US goods on which import tariffs of up to 25 percent are to be imposed. spiegel.de, tagesschau.de, faz.net
EU Commission wants to fund five gigafactories for training artificial intelligence: EU Digital Commissioner Henna Virkkunen plans to present a corresponding action plan on Wednesday, Handelsblatt reports. One such facility is under construction in Jülich, North Rhine-Westphalia. EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen had promised funding for four AI gigafactories in February. These facilities will then have around 100,000 of the latest generation of AI chips – about four times more than the AI factories currently being built. golem.de
More than 800 people prosecuted after protests against the arrest of Istanbul Mayor and opposition politician Ekrem Imamoglu: The public prosecutor’s office in Turkey accuses them of participating in unauthorized demonstrations. 278 of the accused are in custody. According to the state-run Anadolu news agency, some of the defendants face up to five years in prison. Istanbul’s governor’s office initially banned demonstrations following Imamoglu’s arrest, but allowed them again at the end of March. handelsblatt.com
EU Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos believes Montenegro could join the EU soon. Accession negotiations could be completed by the end of next year, Kos told FAZ. Then the member states would still have to ratify the treaty. Talks with Albania are also going very well. However, there has been no progress in the case of Ukraine; Hungary continues to block the next steps towards the country’s accession to the EU. faz.net
More news:
- Poland: US Army moves soldiers from important base. tagesschau.de
- Poland: Compulsory weapons training introduced for schoolchildren. welt.de
- France: Man in custody for threatening to kill judge after verdict against Marine Le Pen. spiegel.de
- Spain: Government gives in to pressure from NATO allies and increases defense spending by around 2.1 billion euros. n-tv.de
- South Korea: Warning shots fired after North Koreans cross border. zeit.de
- Dominican Republic: At least 79 dead in nightclub disaster. n-tv.de
- Brazil: Illegal gold miners devastate Amazon rainforest. n-tv.de
- USA: Musk calls Trump’s tariffs adviser Peter Navarro „dumber than a bag of bricks.“ n-tv.de
Continental wants to become a pure tire manufacturer again: The company wants to separate from its plastics technology division Contiteck. The most likely option at this point is a sale. Continental is already planning to spin off its automotive supply division, which is to go public as an independent company. This would leave only the traditional tire business in the company. handelsblatt.com
DHL plans surcharges for business parcels before Christmas: This could make online shopping more expensive if retailers pass the higher prices on to their customers. There is talk of a surcharge of 50 cents per parcel. It is also to be levied during the promotional weeks „Black Week“ and „Cyber Week“, when a particularly large number of goods are sent by mail. n-tv.de
More news:
- Deutsches Milchkontor and Scandinavian Arla want to merge. faz.net
- Wage agreement for aviation security staff; no strikes at Easter. zeit.de
- New study on the Deutschlandticket reveals errors in older studies. web.de
- Passenger numbers for 2024: More people are using buses and trains. tagesschau.de
- Infineon is buying Ethernet know-how for 2.5 billion US dollars. heise.de
- Only 8 percent of Germans come across fake news in newspapers. kress.de
- Reporters Without Borders: Significantly more attacks on journalists. t-online.de
- „Deutschland-Kurier“ editor-in-chief receives suspended sentence for X post about Faeser faz.net
- Streaming hit-list: „ntv Nachrichten“ overtakes „Tagesschau“ dwdl.de
- Reporters Without Borders: Attacks on journalists have doubled zdf.de
- Salman Rushdie against US policy: Author calls for culture to be defended spiegel.de
- Prince Harry in court battle for police protection during home visits faz.net
- Müller’s last-minute goal not enough: Bayern face elimination from the Champions League after defeat by Inter Milan tagesspiegel.de
- Arsenal dupe Real Madrid faz.net
- DFB investigates fans: Lena Oberdorf appalled by sexism against female referee rnd.de
- Rupture of achilles tendon: Ex-handball star Pascal Hens misses his own farewell game rnd.de
- Defeat in adopted home of Monaco: Zverev stumbles deeper into crisis spiegel.de
- Can there still be a Masters miracle? Golf legend Bernhard Langer is already worn out n-tv.de
Butcher finds wedding ring in cow’s stomach zdf.de