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The German parliament approved changes in the German Constitution (Grundgesetz), which will allow Germany to extend military/security expenditures basically without limit. Votes Yes: 513 No: 207 Abstain: 0

Merz: "Putinov rat nije usmjeren samo protiv Ukrajine, već i protiv Europe - protiv naše sigurnosti i naše slobode. Od ovih napada branit ćemo se svime što nam je na raspolaganju u nadolazećim godinama i desetljećima."

EasternDRC: The International Contact Group for the Great Lakes fully supports the call by Angolan President @jlprdeangola for a ceasefire. All parties must resume the political process

Leavitt: "It's only because of the United States of America that the French aren't speaking German right now”

Neo-Nazi march now runs through Essen, large-scale police operation, hundreds of officers must separate the right-wing radicals and counter-demonstrators e1503

Germany's CDU/CSU of Friedrich Merz agrees with Social Democrats and Greens on a gigantic new debt package for defense, infrastructure and climate. The deal paves the way for historic changes to Germany's debt brake next week amid new security challenges (Russia, Trump)

Potpisao memorandum o razumijevanju s Diehl Defenceom, proizvođačem IRIS-T sustava, — ukrajinski ministar obrane Umerov. Potpisani sporazum otvara put velikim industrijskim projektima koji će ojačati sposobnosti ukrajinske protuzračne obrane. Memorandum također predviđa trostruko povećanje isporuke projektila i sustava protuzračne obrane

Germany calls reports of mass killings in Syria 'shocking'

The German conservatives of Friedrich Merz and the centre-left SPD said Saturday they have reached an in-principle agreement to form a government that plans to invest massively to revive and rearm Europe's largest economy

Merz: Europska samoobrana više ne može dopustiti odgodu nakon odluke Washingtona da prekine pomoć Ukrajini

Germany will massively increase spending in defense and infrastructure. - The debt limit law (Schuldenbremse) will be suspended for defense expenditure. The exact number has not been disclosed, yet, but it will certainly be somewhere between 3% and 5% GDP. The main point is that there is no limit and not fixed time-frame. All-in if necessary. - €500 billion for infrastructure (rail, bridges, airports, critical infrastructure) will be allocated over a period of 10 years. CDU leader and incoming Chancellor Merz:"Whatever it takes."

Predsjednik Zelensky: Imao produktivan razgovor s čelnikom stranke CDU, koja je pobijedila na izborima za Bundestag, @_FriedrichMerzom. Usklađivali smo stavove i cijenim njegovu podršku. Ukrajina visoko cijeni napore Njemačke da obnovi europsku sigurnost i zaštiti živote u našoj zemlji. Sjećamo se da je Njemačka lider u opskrbi Ukrajine sustavima protuzračne obrane i igra ključnu ulogu u osiguravanju naše financijske stabilnosti. S Friedrichom Merzom dogovorena daljnja suradnja i kontakti

At least one dead, several injured after person drives car into crowd and Mannheim, Germany - police

Britanski premijer Starmer i francuski predsjednik Macron stigli su na londonski samit o Ukrajini, javlja Sky News. Uskoro će im se pridružiti Zelenski i čelnici iz Italije, Njemačke, Danske, Norveške, Poljske, Finske i Rumunjske. Očekuje se i dolazak predstavnika iz Kanade i Turske

Njemački ministar vanjskih poslova: Njemačka podrška Ukrajini mora se odmah povećati

Njemački ministar vanjskih poslova: Europljani moraju imati jedinstven stav o pitanju Ukrajine

Francuska bi mogla rasporediti ratne zrakoplove s nuklearnim oružjem u Njemačkoj kao dio kišobrana odvraćanja Europe, piše Telegraph

Merz: "Potrebno nam je brzo i razumno formiranje vlade. Moramo postati sposobni za međunarodno djelovanje. Osobno se nadam da ćemo formirati vladu do Uskrsa. Europa čeka Njemačku."

Merz: "We have won this federal election, and we have done so very clearly and decisively. I will strive to form a federal government that represents the entire German population and solves the problems of our country."

German exit poll shows centre-right CDU in first with AfD making big gains 2nd

Turnout in the German election at 2pm CET was 52pc, compared with 36.5pc in 2021, according to the Federal Election Officer

Germany federal election: polling stations are open

A Man was seriously wounded in a knife attack at Berlin's Holocaust memorial: German media

Merz: “We need to have discussions with both the British and the French — the two European nuclear powers — about whether nuclear sharing, or at least nuclear security from the U.K. and France, could also apply to us.”

Njemački kancelar Scholz kaže da je Trumpov opis Zelenskog kao "diktatora" pogrešan i opasan

Kancelar Scholz: To je teška situacija za Europu. Pozdravljamo razgovore o miru za Ukrajinu. Ali to mora biti pravedan i održiv mir. I: Ukrajina mora biti dio ovih razgovora. Europa će i dalje podržavati Ukrajinu. To je ono što sam naglasio na svojim sastancima sa @ZelenskyyUa

Njemačka kancelarka na pariškom sastanku o Ukrajini: Kijevu se ne može nametati nikakav diktat

At a rally in Düsseldorf: Man attacks AfD speaker. The "Düsseldorf Alliance" had called for the protest. Posters read: "Human rights instead of right-wing people" or "All of Düsseldorf hates the AfD"

According to ZDF information, US Vice President JD Vance met with AfD leader Alice Weidel in the afternoon after his speech at the Munich Security Conference. They spoke for about 30 minutes. They discussed Ukraine war and German domestic policy - including the firewall.

Njemački kancelar Scholz: Pobjeda Rusije ili raspad Ukrajine neće donijeti mir