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The eurozone economy narrowly avoided a technical recession in the second half of 2023 but stagnated in the final three months of the year, official data showed Tuesday.

International Business Times

Far-right AfD Could Be Next After German Court Defunds Neo-Nazi Party

Germany's constitutional court on Tuesday approved a request to withdraw public funds from the neo-Nazi Homeland party, offering what one official called a possible "blueprint" for action against the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD).

International Business Times

Globalisation is not dead, but it is fading: ‘glocalisation’ is becoming the new mantra

Industrial policy such as a green growth plan is no longer a dirty word as nations realise shorter supply chains and a strategic state role are necessary

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Davos Free-trade Champions Fret Over War, Climate

After Covid and the war in Ukraine, free-trade boosters in Davos fretted over a new bout of turmoil in global supply chains due to rising geopolitical frictions.

International Business Times

Tata Steel accused of ‘industrial vandalism’ over plan to cut up to 2,800 UK jobs – as it happened

Tata Steel confirmed plans to close two Welsh blast furnaces and cut up to 2,800 jobs

The Guardian - UK

Here’s a tip for Europe’s crisis-beset leaders: ask ‘What would Jacques Delors do?’

Faced with war and the threat of Trump, Ursula von der Leyen and others should study the legacy of modern Europe’s architect, says Paul Taylor of the Friends of Europe thinktank

The Guardian - UK

Thousands of tractors block Berlin as farmers protest over fuel subsidy cuts

Estimated 30,000 protesters bring city centre to a standstill as they call on government to reverse decision

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German Farmers Round Off Week Of Angry Protests In Berlin

Thousands of angry farmers descended on Berlin with their tractors and loudly booed a government minister on Monday, rounding off a week of nationwide protests against plans to cut tax breaks for agriculture.

International Business Times

Thousands of tractors block Berlin traffic over plans to end diesel subsidy

Farmers join a rally in the German capital demanding a rethink of the government’s plan to end fuel tax break.

Al Jazeera

The Guardian view on strikes and protests in Germany: this is no time for austerity

Editorial: Olaf Scholz needs a new economic approach to heal divisions in a country renowned for its consensual politics

The Guardian - UK

‘The mood is heating up’: Germany fears strikes will play into hands of far right

Angry protests by farmers, hauliers and railway workers risk being exploited by populists such as Alternative für Deutschland

The Guardian - UK

Germany's government waters down a cost-cutting plan that infuriated the country's farmers

The German government is watering down cost-saving plans that have infuriated farmers

The Independent UK

Members of Germany's smallest governing party vote to stay in Scholz's coalition, prompting relief

Members of the smallest party in German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s unpopular coalition have voted in a low-profile ballot to stay in the troubled government, but the result underlines the three-party alliance’s difficulties

The Independent UK

EU Strikes Budget Reform Deal After Two-year Wrangle

The EU agreed reforms Wednesday that will loosen budget rules with the goal of encouraging investments while keeping debt and spending under control, after France and Germany bridged their differences.

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The Guardian view on the EU at a crossroads: time for new economic thinking

Editorial: Plans to reintroduce the straitjacket of fiscal rules, at a time when the union faces exceptional challenges, are a mistake

Al Jazeera

Has the Ukraine war made Europe politically mature — or more transactional?

Even as the EU invited Ukraine for membership talks, deep divisions are now visible after a year of rare unity.

The Guardian - UK

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

International Business Times

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.

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The Independent UK

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

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

International Business Times

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.

The Guardian - UK

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

The Guardian - UK

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

International Business Times

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.

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