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05/21/2025May 21, 2025
Germany’s ‘economic sages’ to release GDP growth forecasts
The influential German Council of Economic Experts will release its projections for the country’s economy for 2025 and 2026.
The panel of five selected economists is also known as Germany’s “economic sages.” Their job is to evaluate the German government’s economic policies and provide independent analysis.
The German economy contracted in the past two years and is amid a manufacturing slump, weak export demand and the
The EU this week said a significantly sharp reduction from the 0.7% predicted last year.
The new government of Chancellor Friedrich Merz has its work cut out for it as it tries to stimulate growth. , from slashing corporate taxes to cutting red tape.
Germany in March also approved plans for a massive spending surge, including a €500 billion ($570 billion) fund for infrastructure and exemptions from debt rules for defense spending.
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05/21/2025May 21, 2025
German police arrest suspected far-right extremists
German authorities said they had launched multiple raids across three states on Wednesday morning and arrested five suspected far-right extremists.
The raids took place in the states of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Brandenburg and Hesse.
Those detained are alleged to have planned attacks on refugees and political dissidents, among others, according to the Attorney General’s Office and the Ministry of Justice.
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Welcome to our coverage
Guten Morgen from Bonn. An influential panel of economic experts will release its assessment of how Europe’s largest economy will perform this year and the next.
Also on the agenda today: Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt will face lawmakers in the Bundestag amid the new government’s efforts to stop the flow of undocumented migrants into the country.
This blog will keep you updated with all of that, as well as other news from Germany.
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