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Germany has narrowly swerved budget disaster – but its debt taboo still threatens Europe

The ‘debt brake’ is enshrined in Germany’s constitution. A month-long crisis shows it’s time to abandon this political myth, says Shahin Vallée of the German Council for Foreign Relations

The Guardian - UK

German Coalition Reaches Deal To End Budget Crisis

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's coalition has reached a last-minute deal to end a budget deadlock, an official source said Wednesday, after a constitutional court ruling upended its spending plans and plunged it into a crisis.

International Business Times

German government reaches solution on budget crisis triggered by court ruling

The German government has reached a solution to a budget crisis triggered by a court ruling last month

The Independent UK

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Germany's Scholz confident of resolving budget crisis, says no dismantling of the welfare state

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says he is confident that his troubled government will find a good solution to a budget crisis triggered by a court ruling last month

The Independent UK

EU States Make Last-ditch Effort To Back Spending Rules Reform

EU finance ministers will try to hammer out an agreement over dinner on Thursday to reform bloc-wide spending rules after months of bitter divisions, especially between France and Germany.

International Business Times

Stretched To Breaking, Germany's Debt Rule Faces Reform

Germany's strict constitutional debt rule faces an overhaul after a shock court ruling blew a hole in the budget and left the government scrambling to make its sums add up.

International Business Times

German heat pump rollout at risk as government suspends climate subsidies

Move could also undermine nine funding programmes, covering schemes from energy efficient homes to cargo bikes provision

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Fear and anger rise in Germany over handling of budget crisis

Der Spiegel accuses Scholz of ‘leading country into chaos’ as MPs scramble to plug €60bn shortfall

The Guardian - UK

Scholz Defends Spending As Budget Crisis Rocks Germany

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Tuesday staunchly defended his government's record on spending after a bombshell court ruling on crucial debt rules sparked a budget crisis.

International Business Times

Why You Should Care About The Budget Crisis Rocking Germany

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will address parliament Tuesday about an escalating budget crisis triggered by a bombshell court ruling that his government breached constitutional debt limits.

International Business Times

Germany's economy shrank, and it's facing a spending crisis that's spreading more gloom

Germany’s economy shrank in recent months, and business confidence is still in the dumps

The Independent UK

Crisis-mired Germany To Blow Through Debt Limit In 2023

Germany will seek to suspend a constitutional debt limit for a fourth straight year, its finance minister said Thursday, after a shock court ruling upended government spending plans and sparked a budget crisis.

International Business Times

Germany's highest court annuls a decision to repurpose COVID relief funding for climate measures

Germany’s highest court has annulled a government decision to repurpose 60 billion euros ($65 billion) originally meant to cushion the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic for measures to help combat climate change and modernize the country

The Independent UK

Top German politician warns against adopting a 4-day workweek: “Never in history has a society increased its prosperity by working less”

Unions are pushing for reduced working hours in Germany, a global trend that is prompting panic among the world's wealthy entrepreneurs.

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The Guardian - UK

Taxation is not a ‘burden’. It’s Brexit that weighs Britain down

Taxes spent wisely improve lives and attract investors – and in fact leaving the EU has made cutting them harder than ever

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Germany’s troubled ‘traffic-light’ coalition: dealing with the midterm blues

Editorial: Olaf Scholz’s three-party coalition needs to treat recent state elections in Bavaria and Hesse as a wake-up call

Al Jazeera

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 601

As the war enters its 601st day, these are the main developments.

The Guardian - UK

Germany invites UK to reach improved Brexit trading deal

Finance minister offers standing invitation to ‘intensify your trade relationship to the EU’

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The Independent UK

Germany's Scholz pledges less infighting as his government works to boost the economy

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is pledging that his government will tone down frequent public infighting that has weighed it down badly in polls as it works to pick up the country’s stagnant economy, Europe’s biggest

The Independent UK

Germany's Scholz vows a quick resolution to his coalition government's latest standoff

German Chancellor OIaf Scholz is vowing that his coalition government will quickly resolve a dispute over child benefits that has marred attempts to put months of damaging public infighting behind it

WEKU

Latest on Ukraine: Russia strikes Chernihiv, as Kyiv welcomes F-16 pledges

Catch up on key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The Guardian - AU

Moscow claims ‘key’ facilities hit after Kyiv says civilians deliberately targeted – as it happened

The Ukrainian air force said it destroyed 16 out of the 28 cruise missiles launched by Russia overnight

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 538 of the invasion

Odesa hit by three waves of missile strikes; Russia’s rouble falls to lowest point in almost 17 months

WEKU

Latest on Ukraine: Ukraine makes some gains; China's defense minister visits Russia

Catch up on key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Tribune News Service

Germans aren’t buying Scholz’s plan to keep them safe and rich

Chancellor Olaf Scholz is struggling to persuade Germans he can handle the litany of troubles looming over the country he has led since 2021.

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