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Photographer: Julien De Rosa/Getty Images</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Merz Launches Bid to Lure Recruits Into German Armed Forces]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-27/merz-launches-bid-to-lure-more-recruits-into-german-armed-forces</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-27/merz-launches-bid-to-lure-more-recruits-into-german-armed-forces</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kamil Kowalcze]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2025 06:13:43 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iFmS2dkrmYVI/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iFmS2dkrmYVI/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Boris Pistorius visits a family festival during Germany&apos;s first national Veterans&apos; Day in Berlin on June 15. 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Photographer: Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[G-7 Vows to Crack Down on China’s Economic Sway, Klingbeil Says]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-18/g-7-vows-to-crack-down-on-china-s-economic-sway-klingbeil-says</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-18/g-7-vows-to-crack-down-on-china-s-economic-sway-klingbeil-says</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kamil Kowalcze]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2025 10:39:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Challenges to Fed Independence Resonate Beyond US, Nagel Says]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-18/challenges-to-fed-independence-resonate-beyond-us-nagel-says</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-18/challenges-to-fed-independence-resonate-beyond-us-nagel-says</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kamil Kowalcze]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2025 08:54:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump’s Trade War Tests G-20’s Resolve to Stay on Course]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-17/g-20-tries-to-keep-agenda-on-course-in-face-of-trump-s-trade-war</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-17/g-20-tries-to-keep-agenda-on-course-in-face-of-trump-s-trade-war</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Erica Yokoyama]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2025 16:39:06 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iFehPX9aRkfw/v2/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iFehPX9aRkfw/v2/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Finance Ministers attend the G20 Finance and Central Bank Deputies and Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors&apos; Meetings at the Capital hotel in Zimbali, South Africa.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Germany Rejects EU Plan for Beefed-Up €2 Trillion Budget]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-17/germany-rejects-eu-s-2-trillion-budget-plan-as-maneuvers-begin</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-17/germany-rejects-eu-s-2-trillion-budget-plan-as-maneuvers-begin</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Nienaber]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2025 05:51:43 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i0dp3HhqV2qM/v3/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i0dp3HhqV2qM/v3/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description/></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[German Finance Chief Says Berlin Committed to Global Company Tax]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-16/german-finance-chief-says-berlin-committed-to-global-company-tax</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-16/german-finance-chief-says-berlin-committed-to-global-company-tax</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kamil Kowalcze]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:19:42 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i53T8ZQ7sChw/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i53T8ZQ7sChw/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Eric Lombard and Lars Klingbeil on July 16. Photographer: John Macdougall/Getty Images</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thyssenkrupp Steel, Labor Union Reach Agreement on Job Cuts]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-12/thyssenkrupp-steel-labor-union-reach-agreement-on-job-cuts</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-12/thyssenkrupp-steel-labor-union-reach-agreement-on-job-cuts</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kamil Kowalcze]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2025 15:28:13 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i7RF948ZZa0w/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i7RF948ZZa0w/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Coal and iron ore barges on the dockside at the Thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG steel plant in Duisburg, Germany, on Monday, Dec. 9, 2024. Thyssenkrupp aims to lower personnel costs by about 10% on average over the coming years.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Merz’s €46 Billion Tax-Break Package Gets Final Lawmaker Backing]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-11/merz-s-46-billion-tax-break-package-gets-final-lawmaker-backing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-11/merz-s-46-billion-tax-break-package-gets-final-lawmaker-backing</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kamil Kowalcze]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2025 08:48:53 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iTuVZ7ceU4sg/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iTuVZ7ceU4sg/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Friedrich Merz at the Bundesrat in Berlin on July 11.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[German Minister Urges UniCredit to Drop Commerzbank Pursuit]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-10/germany-s-klingbeil-urges-unicredit-to-drop-commerzbank-pursuit</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-10/germany-s-klingbeil-urges-unicredit-to-drop-commerzbank-pursuit</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kamil Kowalcze]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2025 13:10:39 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iRRhMNIRawBo/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iRRhMNIRawBo/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>The Commerzbank headquarters in Frankfurt.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[China Challenges German Claim Warship Laser-Targeted Plane]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-09/china-calls-german-claim-of-laser-targeting-plane-inconsistent</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-09/china-calls-german-claim-of-laser-targeting-plane-inconsistent</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2025 09:08:54 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>