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‘Overwhelmed’ Germany must take in far fewer asylum seekers, says Merz
Germany must accept fewer than 100,000 asylum seekers a year because its public services are “overwhelmed” by immigrants, the ...
Politico Europe1d
Amid Trump’s tariff war, Germany’s next leader keeps faith in free trade
Despite Donald Trump’s lurch into protectionism and coercion, Friedrich Merz believes a transatlantic trade deal can still be done.
Germany’s next coalition government: Rearming like Hitler, far-right refugee policies and social desolation
The agreement establishing a coalition government of the Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) and Social Democrats (SPD) underscores ...
A new fear is spreading on Wall St, and it’s not recession
Traders turned to drink last week as Donald Trump sparked financial crisis fears; Anthony Albanese lays Labor’s housing ...
King of Wall Street says European leaders ‘starting to focus on a growth agenda, not a control agenda’
Larry Fink, the head of the world’s biggest asset manager, talks tariffs, pensions and the ‘assets that will define the ...
How will Trump, Putin shape Germany's foreign policy?
Germany's conservative and center-left parties are eager to reach a coalition deal, given the many uncertainties abroad. One ...
Stocks Post Gains, but Bond Market Signals Investors Are Anxious
The slumping dollar and increase in yields on U.S. government bonds were signs that the world’s faith in the United States economy had been shaken.
Business Times6d
US allies greet Trump’s tariff U-turn with relief, and defiance
“There is maximum uncertainty in America,” said Germany’s chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz ... from within his own ranks and from the business community,” Merz, a former Blackrock Germany chief, ...
The Australian Financial Review4d
A new fear is spreading on Wall St, and it’s not recession
US ‘very close’ to being in a recession: BlackRock’s Fink The head of ... free trade zone German Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz said Donald Trump’s tariff policies increase the ...