International EU Migration Pact
Germany’s June asylum figure looks like a fourteen-year low. Its own agency says the month cannot be compared
Eurostat published June data on Monday and Germany’s 4,265 first-time applicants is the lowest since 2012. The EU migration pact took effect on 12 June, and BAMF calls the resulting month-on-month move a purely statistical effect.
International Berlin Pride Attack
Berlin Pride attacker shot dead by police after van ramming kills one at Christopher Street Day
A van was driven into crowds at Berlin’s Christopher Street Day on Saturday night, killing a woman and injuring 29. Police shot the suspect dead on Sunday in Spandau. Germany’s interior minister called it an Islamist terror attack.
National Germany Economic Reforms
Merz coalition unveils 34-measure reform package: €10bn tax cuts, later retirement, stricter sick leave
Germany's ruling coalition agreed a 'Programme for Revival and Employment' — €10bn in income tax relief funded by a 47% top rate, pension-age rises and day-one sick notes.
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Earlier coverage
- Merz rejects EU's €2 trillion budget plan as 'unaffordable' ahead of G7
- ILA Berlin airshow opens with new Space Pavilion and more than 650 exhibitors
- Germany's economy stalls as Merz warns of 'critical' crossroads
- Merz’s economic advisers nearly halve Germany’s 2026 growth forecast as a second energy shock bites
- Merz cements Lithuania armoured brigade as German military budget tops €100 billion
- Merz proposes Ukraine "associate" EU membership as interim step
- Munich elects first Green mayor as runoff splits Bavarian CSU stronghold
- Merz calls for overhaul of EU budget to prioritise defence
- Merz convenes coalition partners on tax and pension overhaul as approval collapses
- Merz government strained as debt-brake row threatens German coalition
- Berlin enforces Russian and Soviet symbol ban at war memorials over Victory Day weekend