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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

Na dnešnom stretnutí "Koalície ochotných" sa zúčastnili vojenskí predstavitelia z najmenej 26 krajín. Patria medzi ne: Spojené kráľovstvo, Francúzsko, Nemecko, Belgicko, Ukrajina, Poľsko, Kanada, Dánsko, Austrália, Česko, Fínsko, Bulharsko, Albánsko, Švédsko, Nórsko, Nový Zéland, Holandsko, Rumunsko, Portugalsko, Luxembursko, Lotyšsko, Litva, Cyprus, Turecko, Španielsko, Taliansko, Estónsko

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: "Putinova vojna je namierená nielen proti Ukrajine, ale aj proti Európe - proti našej bezpečnosti a našej slobode. Proti týmto útokom sa budeme v najbližších rokoch a desaťročiach brániť všetkým, čo máme k dispozícii."

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)

Podpísal memorandum o porozumení s Diehl Defence, výrobcom systémov IRIS-T, — ukrajinský minister obrany Umerov. Podpísaná dohoda otvára cestu pre veľké priemyselné projekty, ktoré posilnia schopnosti ukrajinskej protivzdušnej obrany. Memorandum počíta aj s trojnásobným zvýšením dodávok rakiet a systémov protivzdušnej obrany

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: Sebaobrana Európy si už nemôže dovoliť odklad po rozhodnutí Washingtonu zastaviť pomoc Ukrajine

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."

Predseda Zelenskyj: Mal som produktívny rozhovor s lídrom strany CDU, ktorá vyhrala voľby do Bundestagu, @_FriedrichMerz. Skoordinovali sme svoje pozície a vážim si jeho podporu. Ukrajina si vysoko cení úsilie Nemecka o obnovenie európskej bezpečnosti a ochranu životov v našej krajine. Pamätáme si, že Nemecko je lídrom v dodávkach systémov protivzdušnej obrany na Ukrajinu a zohráva kľúčovú úlohu pri zabezpečovaní našej finančnej stability. S Friedrichom Merzom sa dohodol na ďalšej spolupráci a kontaktoch

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

Britský premiér Starmer a francúzsky prezident Macron podľa Sky News dorazili na londýnsky summit o Ukrajine. Čoskoro sa k nim pripojí Zelenskij a lídri z Talianska, Nemecka, Dánska, Nórska, Poľska, Fínska a Rumunska. Očakáva sa účasť aj zástupcov Kanady a Turecka

Nemecký minister zahraničia: Nemecká podpora Ukrajine sa musí okamžite zvýšiť

Nemecký minister zahraničných vecí: Európania musia mať jednotný postoj k otázke Ukrajiny

Podľa Telegraph by Francúzsko mohlo v Nemecku rozmiestniť bojové lietadlá s jadrovými zbraňami ako súčasť odstrašujúceho dáždnika v Európe.

Merz: "Potrebujeme rýchle a rozumné zostavenie vlády. Musíme byť schopní konať na medzinárodnej úrovni. Osobne naďalej dúfam, že do Veľkej noci zostavíme vládu. Európa čaká na Nemecko."

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.”