Germany will push on with temporary border controls beyond the prior September deadline as it cracks down on irregular immigration, Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said Thursday.
Most goods imported into the US from Europe will now be subject to a 15 percent tariff, to be paid by business and customers there. So how will consumers and companies in Germany be affected?
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While Germany’s big companies groan under the US tariff burden, many small and midsize firms, the backbone of Europe’s top economy, are confident their highly-specialised goods will just keep selling.
Large parts of Dresden’s old town were evacuated on Wednesday as experts sought to defuse an unexploded World War II bomb found during clearance work for a collapsed bridge.
The German government is moving to scrap a gas storage surcharge, which can be expected to cut down household utility costs slightly.
At the beginning of his term in May, Federal Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt (CSU) said he wanted to establish “law and order” with tighter controls at Germany’s borders. That was three months ago. What is the situation today?