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Monday briefing: Merz will be Germany’s chancellor – but extremists are waiting in the wings
Good morning. Germany’s elections always matter far beyond the country’s borders – but yesterday’s vote
could be the most important in a generation
.After decades as the stable linchpin of European liberal democracy, Germany has found itself sucked into the same crises that are erupting all over …
Tax changes will force us to cut staff, say UK hospitality companies
More than two-thirds of hospitality businesses will reduce staffing as a result of tax changes taking effect in April, according to research by industry bodiescalling on the government to delay the changes.
The survey of pubs, bars, restaurants and hotels found that 70% expected to cut back on employment levels …
More than 150,000 Canadians sign petition to revoke Musk’s citizenship
More than 150,000 people from Canada have signed a parliamentary petition calling for their country to strip
’s Canadian citizenship because of the tech billionaire’s alliance with Donald Trump, who has spent his second US presidency repeatedly threatening to conquer its independent neighbor to the north …‘Extremely capable’ weapons on Chinese warships off Australia’s east coast, NZ government says
Will Germany’s new government restore its role as a bold leader of the EU?
Germany has long been seen as the
– the biggest, richest and most consequential power. But in recent years Berlin has widely been regarded as missing in action in the EU, hobbled by internecine feuding in a coalition government that has causedflip-flops …
Ukraine war briefing: US tussles with Kyiv over UN vote on third anniversary of invasion
The
US is pressuring Kyiv to ditch its draft UN resolution condemning Russia’s war
in the country, ahead of a vote on Monday to mark the conflict’s third anniversary, AP reports, citing an unnamed US official and European diplomat. The Trump administrationis urging countries to back its …
‘No more excuses’: Europe under pressure on defence spending three years after Russian invasion
A few days after Vladimir Putin sent Russia’s invading forces into Ukraine in February 2022, the EU’s then foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, asked his staff for an urgent military aid plan. They came up with €50m (£41.4m) to help Ukraine.
“And I said: ‘Are you crazy? We are talking …
UK ministers head to India in search of trade deal they hope will boost economy
Ministers are relaunching negotiations with India this week in an attempt to clinch a multibillion-pound free trade agreement that they hope will boost the UK’s flatlining economy.
Jonathan Reynolds, the business and trade secretary, flew to Delhi on Sunday to meet his Indian counterpart, Piyush Goyal, for the first time …
‘Now is the time of monsters’: young Berliners despair at far-right surge
For more than 150 years, the symbolism of the
Siegessäule
, or Victory Column, in Berlin’s Tiergarten, has shifted alongside German identity: from emblem of the empire to strategic relocation by the Nazis and, finally, its adoption as an icon of Berlin’s legendary love parade.On Sunday, as throngs of …
Zelenskyy refuses Trump demand to give $500bn of Ukraine minerals to US
Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said he is not willing to cave in to intense US pressure to sign a $500bn minerals deal and that he wants Donald Trump to be “on our side” in negotiations to end the war in Ukraine.
Speaking at a press conference in Kyiv ahead of the …