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Will Volkswagen's crunch week decide Germany's auto future?
Volkswagen bosses face angry workers this week over restructuring plans that could eliminate up to 100,000 jobs and threaten sever…
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VW's future could shape Germany's auto future
Volkswagen bosses face angry workers this week over restructuring plans that could eliminate up to 100,000 jobs and threaten sever…
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VW's future could shape Germany's car industry
Volkswagen bosses face angry workers this week over restructuring plans that could eliminate up to 100,000 jobs and threaten sever…
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Why are Germany's gas storage levels so low?
Germany's gas storage facilities are only 50% full as traders bet that wholesale prices will fall if the Iran war ends. With aroun…
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Why Germany's gas storage levels are so low
Germany's gas storage facilities are only 50% full as traders bet that wholesale prices will fall if the Iran war ends. With aroun…
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As drought hits Germany's harvest, will food prices rise?
Germany's main farmers' association has warned of a below-average harvest after drought and crops damaged by extreme heat. DW look…
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Will Germany's drought push up food prices?
Germany's main farmers' association has warned of a below-average harvest after drought and crops damaged by extreme heat. DW look…
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From tourism to power generation and productivity, Europe feels economic cost of heatwaves
Low river levels have stalled German freight traffic and forced closure of nuclear plants in France Across Europe this scorching s…
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Why the Rhine drought is bad news for Germany’s recovery
Germany’s inland waterways still move around 5% of the nation’s goods. With the Rhine at a critically low level, DW explores how t…
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How the Rhine drought threatens Germany's economic recovery
Germany’s inland waterways still move around 5% of the nation's goods. With the Rhine at a critically low level, DW explores how t…
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EU grain harvest loses over €2bn to June heatwave
A late-June heatwave has wiped more than €2 billion from the value of the European grain harvest, forcing a 3% output downgrade th…
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Will surge in German business bankruptcies hit growth?
Company insolvencies in Germany are rising sharply. Is this a sign of deeper economic weakness, or just a market correction that c…
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Lidl owner's €11bn cloud bet challenges US tech dominance
The Schwarz Group, Europe's largest retailer, is pouring €11 billion into a sovereign cloud and AI infrastructure to break the con…
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Are German companies leaving the country?
Should I stay or should I go? Given Germany's high cost and sluggish growth, some business leaders are mulling relocating, or at l…
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Far-right AfD threatens eastern Germany's energy transition
Germany's far-right AfD wants to revive coal and nuclear power and curb non-EU immigration. Businesses in eastern Germany warn tha…
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Sick leave: Germany rising but not the worst in Europe
Sick leave in Germany has hit a new record, with workers taking an average of nearly 20 days off per year. As Chancellor Merz crac…
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Berlin summit brings out private equity protesters
Activists gathered to protest the SuperReturn private equity summit in Berlin, saying the industry drives inequality, job cuts and…