https://sagire.online/topic/germany/ Articles and notes where Germany is a central actor. en Thu, 05 Nov 2026 02:48:00 -0300 https://sagire.online/wire/5e2f46e2/https://sagire.online/wire/5e2f46e2/Thu, 05 Nov 2026 00:21:00 -0300The deputy head of the Bavarian state government, economy minister and leader of the Free Voters, Hubert Aiwanger, 55, was found dead in a hotel in Berlin. The head of the Bavarian government, Markus Söder, wrote on X on Wednesday evening that Aiwanger’s sudden death is an absolute tragedy and that everyone is deeply shocked. The investigation was assigned to a homicide unit of the Berlin Criminal Police Office together with prosecutors. The Bavarian parliament confirmed the death and said the cause had not yet been established.GermanyEuropePolitical crisis https://sagire.online/wire/1ee20852/https://sagire.online/wire/1ee20852/Wed, 04 Nov 2026 18:22:00 -0300Hubert Aiwanger, Bavaria’s deputy premier, economy minister and chairman of the right-wing populist Free Voters party, was found dead in a Berlin hotel on Wednesday. He was 55. He had been scheduled to speak at the opening of his party’s Berlin office but canceled because of health reasons, according to the dpa news agency. The body was at the Neuer Fritz hotel on Friedrichstrasse in Berlin-Mitte. Berlin prosecutors confirmed that the body was found in the hotel room; the cause of death was not immediately disclosed. Alexander Hoffmann, who heads the Christian Social Union (CSU) group in the Bundestag, mourned the death and called Aiwanger a “politician through and through” who shaped Bavaria.GermanyEurope https://sagire.online/wire/e70315d0/https://sagire.online/wire/e70315d0/Wed, 04 Nov 2026 15:24:00 -0300French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot called the outcome “very good news for American democracy”, saying it is further proof that in a democracy the people write their own history. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said voters had rejected hatred, sexism, climate change denial and privileges for elites, and that the far-right wave “is no longer growing: it is crumbling”. German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) “must become more European in order to be able to remain transatlantic”, and that Germany is taking on more responsibility and a larger share of the burdens within the alliance. British Prime Minister Andy Burnham said the world now has an opportunity to unite around the cost of living and expressed hope that the Strait of Hormuz would reopen. Austrian Foreign Minister Beate Meinl-Reisinger said Austrian and European security and prosperity must not depend on how people in Kansas or Iowa vote.FranceSpainGermanyAustriaUnited KingdomEuropeElections https://sagire.online/wire/41df22c9/https://sagire.online/wire/41df22c9/Wed, 04 Nov 2026 10:22:00 -0300The Hamburg Higher Regional Court has scheduled 19 more hearings between February and June 2027, extending until at least mid-2027 the trial over the sabotage of the Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2 pipelines, court press spokeswoman Judge Mareike Franzen said. Sergey Kuznetsov, a former special operations officer of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, is standing trial, charged with a war crime, carrying out explosions, destroying structures and disrupting the operations of public utilities. He was detained in Italy in August 2025 and extradited to Germany.GermanyJusticeEnergyRussia https://sagire.online/wire/e86bdb93/https://sagire.online/wire/e86bdb93/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 10:23:00 -0300Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, ruled out telephone talks with Russia, saying Moscow would use the conversation as a pretext to avoid further meetings; he spoke at a press conference alongside German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in Berlin. In the German capital, Zelensky ruled out inviting Vladimir Putin to Kyiv and said no Ukrainian intends to go to Moscow. The president confirmed that Ukrainian, Russian and US officials will meet in Abu Dhabi on November 10 and 11, and that Kyiv wants a halt to attacks on energy infrastructure, safe passage for grain shipments through the Black Sea and further prisoner exchanges. Merz said he does not see Russia seriously engaging in ceasefire negotiations and that Europe needs a voice on sanctions and post-war security.UkraineRussiaUnited StatesGermanyDiplomacy https://sagire.online/wire/16f46e51/https://sagire.online/wire/16f46e51/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 07:22:00 -0300German auto supplier Schaeffler will cut 3,460 jobs and close five sites in Europe, the company said on Tuesday, citing weakening demand for combustion-engine vehicles, slower-than-expected electric-vehicle adoption and intense competition. The cuts affect 16 sites, including four plants in Germany and one in Belgium, with about 2,660 jobs eliminated in Germany by 2028, roughly 9% of the company's core German workforce. Schaeffler expects annual savings of about 300 million euros by 2030, with one-off costs of roughly 480 million euros, most of which will be booked in 2026.GermanyEconomyLaborBelgium https://sagire.online/wire/530a8c62/https://sagire.online/wire/530a8c62/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 19:22:00 -0300Germany enters winter with its gas storage at 61%, well below the European Union’s 80% target. The country has the bloc’s largest storage capacity, more than a fifth of the total. The TTF contracts for December 2026, January 2027 and February 2027 are trading above 100 euros per megawatt-hour, according to OilPrice.GermanyEuropean UnionEnergy https://sagire.online/wire/3e832412/https://sagire.online/wire/3e832412/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 18:22:00 -0300Germany's federal cybersecurity office (BSI) said over the weekend that members of the Bundestag, Germany's parliament, and other unnamed public figures had received warnings from Apple that they may have been targeted by cyberattacks. Government spokesperson Stefan Kornelius said, according to the Financial Times, that Berlin was “taking the incident and the warning very seriously,” but he did not say who in the federal government had been targeted or whether Chancellor Friedrich Merz was among them. Apple does not attribute attacks to specific governments or say whether someone's phone has actually been compromised. For that reason, the BSI said anyone who receives an Apple threat notification “should therefore assume that their device may have been compromised.”GermanyCybersecurity https://sagire.online/wire/c0a824ac/https://sagire.online/wire/c0a824ac/Sun, 01 Nov 2026 09:22:00 -0300Protests against compulsory military service organized by the group Gen Z regelt, which means “Generation Z takes charge” in German, were scheduled in 34 German cities on Saturday, including Berlin, Frankfurt and Munich, according to Reuters. The group says it opposes compulsory military service and wants greater investment in education. Official figures released on Saturday afternoon fell well below the 182,000 participants the organizers had expected: police in Frankfurt, Munich and Berlin registered 6,000 demonstrators, according to Reuters.GermanyMilitary serviceProtestsEurope https://sagire.online/wire/b282198e/https://sagire.online/wire/b282198e/Sun, 01 Nov 2026 06:22:00 -0300Rioters looted several shops in Frankfurt late on Saturday and clashes erupted in the city and in other German cities after largely peaceful mass protests over the cost of living. Frankfurt police said windows of several shops were smashed and Molotov cocktails were thrown at emergency services, and there were incidents of violence in Berlin, Cologne and Hamburg, with police using water cannon. The demonstrations, organized by the group Gen Z regelt, took place in 34 cities, including Berlin, Frankfurt and Munich, against compulsory military service and for more investment in education, amid the cost of living. Authorities in Frankfurt, Munich and Berlin counted as many as 18,000 protesters, roughly half of the organizers' estimate. In France, more than 320,000 people demonstrated on Saturday and 565 were arrested across the country, and a police officer was struck by a Molotov cocktail in Paris.GermanyFranceEuropeProtests https://sagire.online/wire/da65334c/https://sagire.online/wire/da65334c/Sun, 01 Nov 2026 01:23:00 -0300Germany’s gas storage levels stood at 61.35% as of October 30, well below the 80% target the country has set for November 1, according to the German gas storage association INES, in a Reuters report published by Euronext. The association attributes the low level to the Iran war and its impact on prices, which has made filling the reservoirs over the summer uneconomical.GermanyEnergyEurope https://sagire.online/wire/81897f30/https://sagire.online/wire/81897f30/Sun, 01 Nov 2026 01:23:00 -0300More than 560 people were arrested across France by Saturday night, according to French authorities cited by the Associated Press (AP), in a third consecutive weekend of protests over living costs and education. In Germany, rioters smashed storefronts in downtown Frankfurt and stole weapons from a gun store, which police later recovered, according to the Korea Herald.FranceGermanyProtestsEurope https://sagire.online/wire/5fd28302/https://sagire.online/wire/5fd28302/Sat, 31 Oct 2026 20:22:00 -0300Young people in Germany took to the streets in some 34 cities calling for greater political say and a more hopeful future, according to DW. In Frankfurt, masked rioters looted shops on Oct 31 as the demonstrations turned violent, and police fired water cannons at youths hurling Molotov cocktails, according to the Straits Times. A gun store was among the shops looted, with its windows smashed; police said they arrested a suspect and seized two weapons.GermanyProtestsEurope https://sagire.online/wire/e3985a51/https://sagire.online/wire/e3985a51/Sat, 31 Oct 2026 10:23:00 -0300Organizers of the GenZ regelt! movement expect more than 170,000 participants in more than 30 German cities, including Berlin, Frankfurt and Cologne, according to G1. The demands include the rising cost of living, deteriorating conditions in schools and budget cuts.GermanyProtestsEurope https://sagire.online/wire/f5562f53/https://sagire.online/wire/f5562f53/Sat, 31 Oct 2026 08:25:00 -0300France is bracing for a third weekend of protests, with police deploying 70,000 officers to prevent a repeat of the riots and looting that have swept the country in recent weeks, and in Germany protests are scheduled in more than 30 cities on Saturday, the Guardian reported.FranceGermanyProtestsEurope