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Uwe Kamp

  • Jul 12

    Prien plans €1.6bn parental allowance cut, caps maintenance advance at 16 amid backlash

    Federal Family Minister Karin Prien (CDU) wants to trim parental allowance from 14 to 12 months, reduce the maintenance advance for children from 18 to 16 years, and use driving bans to pressure deadbeat parents, triggering opposition from SPD, child welfare groups, and the anti-discrimination commissioner.

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Twelve countries ban settlement goods

Allies punish settlements as missiles hit Saudi sites and AfD shakes Germany

Governments spent the day drawing lines, then discovered how quickly others could cross them. Europe hardened trade policy toward Israeli settlements, Saudi energy sites burned after Houthi strikes, and German conservatives confronted the scale of their eastern collapse.

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The ageing Union's economy

A Canada-US tariff escalation adds context to the global trade environment but produces no new EU-level policy, data, or decision.

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