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Thuringian Businesses Face Closure as Owners Retire Without Successors
In Thuringia, Germany, the successful transfer of Braun & Höfler GmbH to two former employees highlights a broader trend of thousands of businesses facing closure due to retiring owners, particularly in trades like plumbing and mechanics, creating potential economic and social disruptions.
Thuringian Businesses Face Closure as Owners Retire Without Successors
In Thuringia, Germany, the successful transfer of Braun & Höfler GmbH to two former employees highlights a broader trend of thousands of businesses facing closure due to retiring owners, particularly in trades like plumbing and mechanics, creating potential economic and social disruptions.
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44% Bias Score
Hesse's Hospitality Industry Faces Revenue Losses Due to Erratic Summer Weather
Erratic summer weather in Hesse, Germany, since May 2025, caused significant revenue losses for hotels and restaurants, particularly those dependent on outdoor seating, with smaller businesses and rural areas disproportionately affected; a nationwide trend shows a 4.6 percent decrease in real revenu...
Hesse's Hospitality Industry Faces Revenue Losses Due to Erratic Summer Weather
Erratic summer weather in Hesse, Germany, since May 2025, caused significant revenue losses for hotels and restaurants, particularly those dependent on outdoor seating, with smaller businesses and rural areas disproportionately affected; a nationwide trend shows a 4.6 percent decrease in real revenu...
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44% Bias Score
Daimler Truck Forecasts Significant Sales and Profit Decline, Announces Job Cuts
Daimler Truck's Q2 results showed a 5% decline in sales, a 6% drop in revenue to €11.8 billion, and a 4% decrease in adjusted EBIT to €1.1 billion; the company forecasts an 11% sales decline to 410,000 vehicles and a 13% revenue drop to €44 billion by the end of the year, prompting 2,000 job cuts in...
Daimler Truck Forecasts Significant Sales and Profit Decline, Announces Job Cuts
Daimler Truck's Q2 results showed a 5% decline in sales, a 6% drop in revenue to €11.8 billion, and a 4% decrease in adjusted EBIT to €1.1 billion; the company forecasts an 11% sales decline to 410,000 vehicles and a 13% revenue drop to €44 billion by the end of the year, prompting 2,000 job cuts in...
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52% Bias Score
ZF Friedrichshafen Reports Loss, Plans Layoffs Amidst Restructuring
ZF Friedrichshafen, Germany's second-largest auto supplier, reported a €195 million first-half loss due to stagnant vehicle production, slow electric vehicle adoption, and US trade uncertainties, prompting intensified cost-cutting and potential layoffs while restructuring its powertrain division.
ZF Friedrichshafen Reports Loss, Plans Layoffs Amidst Restructuring
ZF Friedrichshafen, Germany's second-largest auto supplier, reported a €195 million first-half loss due to stagnant vehicle production, slow electric vehicle adoption, and US trade uncertainties, prompting intensified cost-cutting and potential layoffs while restructuring its powertrain division.
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52% Bias Score
Record €24.8 Billion Deficit Cripples German Municipalities
German municipalities recorded a €24.8 billion deficit in 2024, three times higher than in 2023, primarily due to increased social spending (€85 billion) and personnel costs (doubled in 10 years), despite a 5 percentage point revenue increase. The Bertelsmann Stiftung highlights insufficient federal...
Record €24.8 Billion Deficit Cripples German Municipalities
German municipalities recorded a €24.8 billion deficit in 2024, three times higher than in 2023, primarily due to increased social spending (€85 billion) and personnel costs (doubled in 10 years), despite a 5 percentage point revenue increase. The Bertelsmann Stiftung highlights insufficient federal...
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40% Bias Score
Germany's 2026 Budget: Massive Spending, Looming Austerity
Germany's 2026 draft budget, totaling €520.5 billion, includes €126.7 billion in investments and €174.3 billion in new borrowing, but Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil warns of austerity measures starting in 2027 due to a projected €172 billion funding gap.
Germany's 2026 Budget: Massive Spending, Looming Austerity
Germany's 2026 draft budget, totaling €520.5 billion, includes €126.7 billion in investments and €174.3 billion in new borrowing, but Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil warns of austerity measures starting in 2027 due to a projected €172 billion funding gap.
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12% Bias Score
Küppersbusch on Gaza, Zelenskyy, and German Politics
Friedrich Küppersbusch, in a taz interview, comments on the Gaza conflict, Chancellor Merz's airlift proposal, the resignation of the Green Youth leader, Germany's economic struggles, the acquittal of Querdenker Ballweg, the Ukrainian anti-corruption efforts, the death of Horst Mahler, and the Deuts...
Küppersbusch on Gaza, Zelenskyy, and German Politics
Friedrich Küppersbusch, in a taz interview, comments on the Gaza conflict, Chancellor Merz's airlift proposal, the resignation of the Green Youth leader, Germany's economic struggles, the acquittal of Querdenker Ballweg, the Ukrainian anti-corruption efforts, the death of Horst Mahler, and the Deuts...
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48% Bias Score
Hesse Hospitality Suffers Revenue Losses Due to Erratic Summer Weather
Unstable summer weather in Hesse, Germany, caused significant revenue losses for the hospitality sector in May 2025, with businesses in southern Hesse and the Rhine-Main area particularly affected by extreme heat, leading to decreased guest visits and shorter hotel stays.
Hesse Hospitality Suffers Revenue Losses Due to Erratic Summer Weather
Unstable summer weather in Hesse, Germany, caused significant revenue losses for the hospitality sector in May 2025, with businesses in southern Hesse and the Rhine-Main area particularly affected by extreme heat, leading to decreased guest visits and shorter hotel stays.
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48% Bias Score
ZF Friedrichshafen Continues Job Cuts Amidst Slow E-Mobility Growth
ZF Friedrichshafen, a German auto supplier, is continuing job cuts due to slow e-mobility adoption and US tariffs, reporting a 10.3% revenue drop to €19.7 billion despite an increased adjusted EBIT of €874 million in the first half of 2024. Over 10,000 employees protested against the cost-cutting me...
ZF Friedrichshafen Continues Job Cuts Amidst Slow E-Mobility Growth
ZF Friedrichshafen, a German auto supplier, is continuing job cuts due to slow e-mobility adoption and US tariffs, reporting a 10.3% revenue drop to €19.7 billion despite an increased adjusted EBIT of €874 million in the first half of 2024. Over 10,000 employees protested against the cost-cutting me...
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56% Bias Score
Germany to Review Social Security System Amid Sustainability Concerns
German Economy Minister Katharina Reiche announced a comprehensive review of the nation's social security system this fall, citing concerns about its long-term sustainability and the need for reforms in response to demographic changes and evolving employment patterns. Chancellor Merz supports this i...
Germany to Review Social Security System Amid Sustainability Concerns
German Economy Minister Katharina Reiche announced a comprehensive review of the nation's social security system this fall, citing concerns about its long-term sustainability and the need for reforms in response to demographic changes and evolving employment patterns. Chancellor Merz supports this i...
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44% Bias Score
US Tariffs Trigger German GDP Decline
Germany's GDP fell 0.1 percent in Q2 2025, impacted by newly implemented US tariffs on EU imports ranging from 15 to 27.5 percent, hitting sectors like automotive exports and potentially leading to a third consecutive year of recession.
US Tariffs Trigger German GDP Decline
Germany's GDP fell 0.1 percent in Q2 2025, impacted by newly implemented US tariffs on EU imports ranging from 15 to 27.5 percent, hitting sectors like automotive exports and potentially leading to a third consecutive year of recession.
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52% Bias Score
ZF Employees Protest Cost-Cutting Measures Amidst Financial Crisis
ZF, a major German auto supplier, faces protests from approximately 4,000 employees in Friedrichshafen and other locations on Tuesday due to planned cost-cutting measures, including potential job cuts and pay reductions, stemming from over €1 billion in losses last year and high debt from acquisitio...
ZF Employees Protest Cost-Cutting Measures Amidst Financial Crisis
ZF, a major German auto supplier, faces protests from approximately 4,000 employees in Friedrichshafen and other locations on Tuesday due to planned cost-cutting measures, including potential job cuts and pay reductions, stemming from over €1 billion in losses last year and high debt from acquisitio...
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40% Bias Score
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