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Germany plans return to debt-limit rules in 2023

Berlin (AFP) - Germany will reinstate its so-called debt brake in 2023 after suspending it for three years to cope with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, sources in the finance ministry said Wednesday.

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Seattle police officers won't march in Pride Parade, frustrated chief says

Seattle police officers will not march in the Pride Parade Sunday, interim Police Chief Adrian Diaz said in an open letter expressing frustration with Seattle Pride's decision to bar uniformed officers from marching.

Tribune News Service

Germany must ‘normalise’ relationship with military, says SPD co-leader

Lars Klingbeil says country should take leadership role as it relaxes pacifist stance following Ukraine war

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Guardian wins Brand of the Year at the Society of Publication Design Awards

The Guardian has won the gold medal for brand of the year at the Society of Publication Design Awards (SPD), announced during a presentation in New York last night (Thursday 16 June).

The Guardian - UK

Seattle Accidentally Had To Forgive 200,000 Parking Tickets. It Should Have Privatized Parking Instead.

When the city moved its parking cops from the police department to the transportation department, it forgot to renew their ability to issue tickets.

Reason

Germany to change constitution to enable $110 billion defense fund

Germany has agreed to change its constitution to allow for a credit-based special defense fund of 100 billion euros ($107.35 billion) proposed after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the German finance ministry announced on Sunday.

Reuters

Tanks, but no ammo – Germany's Ukraine pledges show military muddle

Four weeks ago, Germany agreed to send dozens of anti-aircraft tanks to help defend Ukraine from Russia's invasion, part of what it called a turning-point after decades of military restraint. Berlin says it can deliver the first Gepard tanks in July.

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Gerhard Schröder to be stripped of privileges for not cutting ties with Russia

Former German chancellor, who holds positions at Rosneft and Nord Stream, will lose staff and office

The Guardian - UK

Scholz's balancing act just got harder after German state election

The worst post-war result for Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats in a traditional party stronghold heaps pressure on him to show more decisive leadership over the Ukraine crisis and Germans' concerns about soaring costs of living.

Reuters

German state elections show populism in decline on left and right

Poll in most populous state, North Rhine-Westphalia, also casts doubt on support for Olaf Scholz

The Guardian - UK

Scholz’s party slumps to worst result in Germany’s biggest state

Olaf Scholz’s Social Democratic Party lost a regional election for the second straight week, suffering a fresh blow amid wavering support for the German chancellor’s Ukraine policy.

Tribune News Service

Germany's conservatives on track to win key state vote

Germany's conservative CDU party was on track to win a regional election in North Rhine-Westphalia on Sunday, but the Green party could emerge as "kingmaker" in a potential coalition with Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats and the FDP.

Reuters

Ukraine asks G7 to seize Russian assets to rebuild country

Ukraine asked the G7 group of rich nations on Friday to seize Russian assets and hand them over to help it rebuild after months of war, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said.

Reuters

Chancellor Scholz’s party trounced in Ukraine-tinged German state election

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats suffered their first defeat in a regional election since he took office in December, tumbling by some 12 percentage points in the state of Schleswig-Holstein while the Christian Democratic Union gained, according to exit polls.

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The Guardian - UK

Ukraine will prevail as Europe did in 1945, Scholz to say in VE Day speech

German chancellor will draw parallel with second world war defeat of Nazi dictatorship in TV address

Reuters

Germany's conservatives on track to win election in northern state

Germany's conservative CDU won an election in the northern state of Schleswig-Holstein on Sunday, a boost to the party of former Chancellor Angela Merkel, which was ousted from national government in federal elections last year.

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Months into the Ukraine war, has Germany’s position changed?

Berlin has eased its restrictive arms export policy to supply Kyiv with lethal weapons, but frictions remain.

The Guardian - UK

Germany to send anti-aircraft systems to Ukraine in policy shift

Defence minister tells meeting of military leaders that government has agreed to sign off delivery

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Russia's Gazprom to halt gas supplies to Poland, Bulgaria

Russia's Vladimir Putin told the visiting UN chief Antonio Guterres on Tuesday he still had hope for negotiations to end the conflict in Ukraine. Earlier, after talks with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow, Guterres had called for independent probes into "possible war crimes" in Ukraine. Late Tuesday, Russia's Gazprom…

The Guardian - UK

Germany’s SPD calls on Gerhard Schröder to quit party over Russia links

Former chancellor says he has no intention of resigning his seats on boards of Russian energy firms

The Guardian - UK

The Observer view on Germany’s response to the war in Ukraine

German timidity is driven by self-interest as much as caution

Reuters

Explainer-Why is Germany not sending Ukraine heavy weapons?

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is facing growing criticism at home and abroad for his government's failure to deliver heavy weapons to Ukraine to help it fend off Russian attacks, even as other Western allies step up shipments.

The Guardian - UK

German chancellor ‘stalling on heavy weaponry to Ukraine’

Coalition partners accuse Olaf Scholz of failing to live up to promise as major Russian offensive looms

Reuters

Strains in German coalition as junior partners turn on Scholz over Ukraine

Frustration is growing among German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's junior coalition partners over what they say are shortcomings in his leadership on Ukraine, an internal rift that risks undermining Western unity against Russia.

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine seeks to patch up relations with Germany after snub to president

Relations strained after Kyiv said it would prefer visit from German chancellor

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