The U.S. has given priority to Germany to deliver its Patriot missile systems so Berlin can deliver these weapons to Ukraine, which was seen as the Trump administration’s first effort to indirectly arm Kyiv since January.
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GERMANY, U.K. SIGN NEW DEFENSE TREATY IN LATEST EFFORT TO MILITARIZE
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz signed a mutual defense treaty last week that—in part—promised to come to each other’s aid if there’s an attack on either, which seemed redundant given that NATO is supposed to already have the same assurances under Article 5.
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GERMANY ON THE MARCH: BERLIN WANTS WEAPONS TO BE PRODUCED FASTER
Boris Pistorius, Germany’s defense minister, said in an interview that weapons makers need to up their game and start pumping out supplies to meet the moment.
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GERMAN CONSUMER SENTIMENT SAGS
Households in Europe’s largest economy are feeling less confident about the country’s current economy, according to the newest consumer sentiment survey by thinktank GfK and the Nuremberg Institute for Market Decisions (NIMD).
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BERLIN CALLS ON EU BUDGET TO RAMP UP DEFENSE FUNDING
Berlin announced last week that it wants the next European Union (EU) budget, which will span seven years, to take a keen focus on military funding without increasing the overall spend because of economic challenges facing the block.
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GERMAN GOVERNMENT PROPOSES €46 BILLION IN BUSINESS TAX BREAKS
Still struggling to jump-start Germany’s torpid economy, the government of chancellor Friedrich Merz has proposed €46 billion in corporate tax cuts, including for the purchase of new equipment and electric vehicles.
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GERMANY: JA TO ELECTRIC CARS, NEIN TO TESLA
In May, sales of battery-powered cars in Germany jumped 45 percent year on year, but new Tesla registrations were a third lower, according to data from the country’s Federal Motor Transport Authority.
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HEIL MERZ, GERMANY AGREES TO PUMP UKRAINE WITH €5 BILLION IN NEW MILITARY AID
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Berlin last week and the two spoke about how Germany plans to help Kyiv ramp up its war against Russia by pumping Ukraine with €5 billion in new weapons while forming a joint effort to produce long-range weapons.
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GERMANY ACCUSED OF AIDING AND ABETTING GENOCIDE IN GAZA. MERZ DOES AN ABOUT FACE
Even while the Israeli government ramps up its massacres in Gaza—nearly 16 months since the International Court of Justice (ICJ) said Tel Aviv is “plausibly” committing genocide—Berlin has done nothing to distance itself from Israel, and continues to “celebrate” their “unshakeable friendship,” according to a report in WSWS.
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HEIL, MERZ: GERMAN CHANCELLOR CELEBRATES TROOP DEPLOYMENT IN LITHUANIA, APPROVAL FOR UKRAINE TO USE LONG-RANGE MISSILES TO HIT TARGETS DEEP INSIDE RUSSIA
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz visited Lithuania last week to celebrate the deployment of his forces inside the country, stating that the brigade represents Berlin’s commitment to securing the Baltic states because their security “is also our security.”