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Germany Unveils Cost-Cutting Revamp as Healthcare Spending Soars

14. April 2026 um 14:26
Germany’s government presented a plan to overhaul its healthcare system and slash a financing deficit expected to balloon to €40 billion ($47.2 billion) by the end of the decade, placing Europe’s No. 1 economy on firmer footing for growth.

14 April 2026, Berlin: Nina Warken (CDU), Federal Minister of Health, speaks during a press conference on the planned financial reform of the statutory health insurance scheme (SHI). Photo: Sebastian Gollnow/dpa (Photo by Sebastian Gollnow/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Germany Tightens Pressure on EU to Ease Auto Emissions Rules

13. April 2026 um 11:08
Germany is intensifying a push for greater flexibility in European Union vehicle-emission limits, part of an effort by Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s ruling alliance to bolster the nation’s ailing auto industry.

Markus Soeder, Friedrich Merz, Baerbel Bas and Lars Klingbeil during a news conference in Berlin, on April 13.

Merz’s German Coalition Tussles Over Billions in Fuel Price Aid

10. April 2026 um 18:12
Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s coalition government is heading into weekend talks deadlocked over billions of euros in relief for German consumers hit by surging in energy prices.

Fuel price signs at a Shell Plc and a TotalEnergies SE gas station in Schwedt, Germany, on Wednesday, March 18, 2026. The price of oil and natural gas jumped as escalating attacks in the Persian Gulf threatened long-term damage to major energy facilities.

Germany Curbs Gas Station Hikes, Toughens Antitrust Oversight

17. März 2026 um 18:19
Germany moved to cap how often gas stations can raise prices and tighten antitrust oversight in response to a consumer backlash over war-driven price increases.

Fuel price signs at an Aral AG gas station in Berlin, Germany, on Thursday, March 12, 2026. European governments are rushing to stem rising energy and food prices as the Middle East war threatens another wave of inflationary pressure. Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg
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