DAX Climbs as Investors Await Peaceful End to Conflict
The DAX opened the trading day on Tuesday morning noticeably higher. At around 9:30 a.m. the index was calculated at roughly 23,960 points, 2.4 % above yesterday’s closing level. At the top of the daily list were Infineon, Siemens Energy, and Continental; at the bottom were FMC, Gea, and Deutsche Börse. A prominent theme was energy prices, which fell again after…
March 10, 2026
German Seaports Cargo 3.8% Surge in 2025 Braces for Robust Growth
German seaports handled a total of 284.4 million tonnes of cargo in 2025, up 3.8 % from the 273.9 million tonnes recorded in 2024. Inbound traffic from abroad grew 5.3 % to 171.1 million tonnes, while outbound exports increased only 0.5 % to 103.7 million tonnes. Domestic freight, which rose 15.7 %, accounted for just 9.6 million tonnes and a small share of overall movement.…
March 10, 2026
Saarland Leader Stands Firm Against Easing Oil Sanctions on Russia
The Saarland premier, Anke Rehlinger of the SPD, rejected calls to relax oil sanctions against Russia. She told RTL and ntv that, although supply at pump is tight, easing sanctions is not the solution. “We don’t want to financially support Putin, the war‑engenderer. The sanctions were right and they remain right” she said. Instead, Rehlinger argued, the…
March 10, 2026
Homeowners Shift to Buying E‑Scooters and E‑Bikes, Moving Past City Rentals
E‑scooters are no longer limited to city rentals; they are increasingly purchased. According to the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) on Tuesday, 1.4 million electric scooters were recorded in private households in 2023, meaning 2.9 percent of Germany’s more than 40.8 million households owned at least one licence‑free scooter. Electric bicycles-commonly called…
March 10, 2026
Volkswagen’s 2025 Profit Set to Drop by Half Amid Earnings Collapse
Volkswagen’s earnings collapsed last year. The company announced on Tuesday that its 2025 net profit fell to €6.9 billion, a 44 percent decline from €12.4 billion the previous year. Operating profit also slid sharply, dropping from €19.1 billion to €8.9 billion. The chief executive attributed the drop to U.S. tariffs, costs linked to adjusting Porsche’s product…
March 10, 2026
German Retail Sentiment Dips in February as Business Climate Worsens
The business climate for German retail firms fell sharply in February, according to the Ifo Institute in Munich. The gauge dropped to -27.7 points, down from -24.1 points in January. Companies reported that their current situations were more cautious than the previous month, and expectations for the near‑future remained bleak. “Retailers started the new year on a…
March 10, 2026
Trump Says Iran War Nearly Over
President Donald Trump suggested that the war in the Middle East could soon end. “I think the war is practically over” he told CBS, adding that the United States is “way ahead of schedule”. When asked whether the war could finish this week, Trump answered “No” but said it would “end soon”. At the same time he warned Iran that…
March 10, 2026
Wissing Distances Himself From FDP’s New Course
Volker Wissing, the former Federal Transport Minister and former FDP general secretary, has made it clear that he no longer supports the current direction of his party. In an interview with Politico he said that the FDP has taken a series of decisions that could have been made differently, and that it now has to face a “voter vote”. He added that his disagreement…
March 10, 2026
Pistorius Secures 30 PAC‑3 Patriot Missiles to Shield Ukraine’s Skies
Ukraine is likely to receive a European package of Patriot air‑defence missiles in the coming weeks. Defense Minister Boris Pistorius has reportedly secured roughly 30 of the latest PAC‑3 interceptors from several European partners. In addition, a handful of the scarce PAC‑3 missiles held in German Bundeswehr stock should soon join the shipment, bringing the total to about…
March 10, 2026
Union Proposes Law to End Parliamentary Nepotism in MPs’ Offices
Concrete proposals from the Union aim to curb nepotism in Members of the Bundestag’s offices. Hendrik Hoppenstedt, the CDU’s parliamentary management director, told POLITICO that relatives of an MP should no longer be employed in other MPs’ offices or funded by the employee allowance. He also added that MPs must not hire anyone with whom they live, share a…
March 10, 2026
CDU Slashes Taxes to Sweeten Loss After Narrow Baden-Württemberg Election
After a narrow defeat in the Baden-Württemberg state elections, the CDU aims to win back disappointed voters by promising tax cuts that are already included in the coalition agreement but have yet to be implemented. Parliamentary chief of staff Steffen Bilger, head of the CDU faction in the Bundestag, told the German newspaper Tagesspiegel that the governing coalition must…
March 10, 2026
Germany Health Minister Targets Removal of Paper Medication Leaflets To Slash Bureaucracy
Bundesgesundheitsministerin Nina Warken (CDU) plans to roll out a comprehensive legal reform aimed at cutting bureaucracy within the healthcare system and largely phasing out the traditional paper drug leaflet. She told POLITICO’s pro‑healthcare newsletter that the package will feature many small but effective measures. One of the first changes concerns psychotherapy.…
