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LAUNCH and FAILURE of the first ISAR Aerospace Spectrum from Andoya at 1030 UT Mar 30, with loss of control at T+30s

Merz: Germany must be ready to assume leadership responsibility in the European Union again. Jointly representing Europe's interests is more than the sum of its parts. We could do much more in this regard. (FM)

The German upper house of parliament passes a constitutional amendment clearing the way for a multibillion-euro financial package for defence, infrastructure and climate protection measures

Današnjem sastanku "Koalicije voljnih" prisustvovali su vojni dužnosnici iz najmanje 26 zemalja. To uključuje: UK, Francuska, Njemačka, Belgija, Ukrajina, Poljska, Kanada, Danska, Australija, Češka, Finska, Bugarska, Albanija, Švedska, Norveška, Novi Zeland, Nizozemska, Rumunjska, Portugal, Luksemburg, Latvija, Litva, Cipar, Turska, Španjolska, Italija, Estonija

German Foreign Minister from Damascus: We call on Syria to join the anti-ISIS coalition.

SANA: President al-Shara and Foreign Minister receive German Foreign Minister and Vice President of the European Parliament in Damascus.

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.”