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		<title>Government Sticks to Pension Commission Timeline Despite Merz Statements</title>
		<link>https://hubu.news/2026/government-sticks-to-pension-commission-timeline-despite-merz-statements/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dawn Amber]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 12:39:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Despite contentious statements made by Chancellor Friedrich Merz of the CDU, the federal government intends to stick to&#8230;</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://hubu.news/2026/government-sticks-to-pension-commission-timeline-despite-merz-statements/">Government Sticks to Pension Commission Timeline Despite Merz Statements</a> appeared first on <a href="https://hubu.news">Hubu.news</a>.</p>
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		<title>SPD Rejects Higher VAT, Sticks With Wealth‑Tax and Inheritance Increases Despite Lowered Growth Forecasts</title>
		<link>https://hubu.news/2026/spd-rejects-higher-vat-sticks-with-wealth-tax-and-inheritance-increases-despite-lowered-growth-forecasts/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Trevor Yard]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 04:22:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Despite a sharp downgrade in Germany&#8217;s growth outlook, the SPD insists on retaining its push for higher taxes&#8230;</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://hubu.news/2026/spd-rejects-higher-vat-sticks-with-wealth-tax-and-inheritance-increases-despite-lowered-growth-forecasts/">SPD Rejects Higher VAT, Sticks With Wealth‑Tax and Inheritance Increases Despite Lowered Growth Forecasts</a> appeared first on <a href="https://hubu.news">Hubu.news</a>.</p>
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		<title>CSU Leader Sticks to Anti‑Green Stance Amid Poor Urban Vote Share</title>
		<link>https://hubu.news/2026/csu-leader-sticks-to-anti-green-stance-amid-poor-urban-vote-share/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Victoria Chase]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 13:49:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Stance]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://hubu.news/?p=74066</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[<p>Despite the CSU&#8217;s relatively weak performance in Bavaria&#8217;s municipal elections, its Bundestag group chairman, Alexander Hoffmann, maintains that the&#8230;</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://hubu.news/2026/csu-leader-sticks-to-anti-green-stance-amid-poor-urban-vote-share/">CSU Leader Sticks to Anti‑Green Stance Amid Poor Urban Vote Share</a> appeared first on <a href="https://hubu.news">Hubu.news</a>.</p>
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		<title>Volkswagen CEO Blume Sticks to Germany, Demands Radical Productivity Gains Amid 50,000 Job Cuts</title>
		<link>https://hubu.news/2026/volkswagen-ceo-blume-sticks-to-germany-demands-radical-productivity-gains-amid-50000-job-cuts/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Victoria Chase]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2026 01:45:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Blume]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CEO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cuts]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Productivity]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://hubu.news/?p=73258</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[<p>Volkswagen CEO Oliver Blume has reaffirmed his commitment to the German site despite steep sales drops and a strategy&#8230;</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://hubu.news/2026/volkswagen-ceo-blume-sticks-to-germany-demands-radical-productivity-gains-amid-50000-job-cuts/">Volkswagen CEO Blume Sticks to Germany, Demands Radical Productivity Gains Amid 50,000 Job Cuts</a> appeared first on <a href="https://hubu.news">Hubu.news</a>.</p>
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		<title>Orban Sticks to 90‑Billion‑Euro Credit for Kyiv Before Oil Deal Resolved</title>
		<link>https://hubu.news/2026/orban-sticks-to-90-billion-euro-credit-for-kyiv-before-oil-deal-resolved/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Victoria Chase]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 09:19:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://hubu.news/?p=72886</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[<p>Hungary&#8217;s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán signalled no willingness to compromise on the planned €90 billion loan for Ukraine just before&#8230;</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://hubu.news/2026/orban-sticks-to-90-billion-euro-credit-for-kyiv-before-oil-deal-resolved/">Orban Sticks to 90‑Billion‑Euro Credit for Kyiv Before Oil Deal Resolved</a> appeared first on <a href="https://hubu.news">Hubu.news</a>.</p>
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		<title>Germany Sticks to Nuclear Exit Despite EU Atomic Energy Plans</title>
		<link>https://hubu.news/2026/germany-sticks-to-nuclear-exit-despite-eu-atomic-energy-plans/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Victoria Chase]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 13:45:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://hubu.news/?p=71878</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[<p>The German federal government maintains its firm stance on phasing out nuclear power, even in the wake of&#8230;</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://hubu.news/2026/germany-sticks-to-nuclear-exit-despite-eu-atomic-energy-plans/">Germany Sticks to Nuclear Exit Despite EU Atomic Energy Plans</a> appeared first on <a href="https://hubu.news">Hubu.news</a>.</p>
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		<title>CDU in Saxony‑Anhalt Sticks to No‑Deal with Left After Reform Collaboration</title>
		<link>https://hubu.news/2026/cdu-in-saxony-anhalt-sticks-to-no-deal-with-left-after-reform-collaboration/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Victoria Chase]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 05:51:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://hubu.news/?p=71026</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[<p>The CDU in Saxony‑Anhalt has worked out a parliamentary reform package in cooperation with The Left, yet it&#8230;</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://hubu.news/2026/cdu-in-saxony-anhalt-sticks-to-no-deal-with-left-after-reform-collaboration/">CDU in Saxony‑Anhalt Sticks to No‑Deal with Left After Reform Collaboration</a> appeared first on <a href="https://hubu.news">Hubu.news</a>.</p>
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		<title>North Rhine-Westphalia Sticks With Controversial Fictional Partner Income for Civil Servants</title>
		<link>https://hubu.news/2026/north-rhine-westphalia-sticks-with-controversial-fictional-partner-income-for-civil-servants/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sean Prescott]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 11:40:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://hubu.news/?p=69163</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[<p>The debate over civil servant salaries in North Rhine‑Westphalia (NRW) centers on the use of a fictitious partner income,&#8230;</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://hubu.news/2026/north-rhine-westphalia-sticks-with-controversial-fictional-partner-income-for-civil-servants/">North Rhine-Westphalia Sticks With Controversial Fictional Partner Income for Civil Servants</a> appeared first on <a href="https://hubu.news">Hubu.news</a>.</p>
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		<title>SPD Sticks to Caution After Rubio Speech at Munich Security Conference</title>
		<link>https://hubu.news/2026/spd-sticks-to-caution-after-rubio-speech-at-munich-security-conference/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sean Prescott]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2026 15:01:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://hubu.news/?p=68572</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[<p>After U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke at the Munich Security Conference, the SPD now sees only limited&#8230;</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://hubu.news/2026/spd-sticks-to-caution-after-rubio-speech-at-munich-security-conference/">SPD Sticks to Caution After Rubio Speech at Munich Security Conference</a> appeared first on <a href="https://hubu.news">Hubu.news</a>.</p>
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		<title>Tomahawk&#8217;s Coming: US Sticks to Germany Stationing, Dashing Berlin&#8217;s Hopes for a Reversal</title>
		<link>https://hubu.news/2025/tomahawks-coming-us-sticks-to-germany-stationing-dashing-berlins-hopes-for-a-reversal/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dawn Amber]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2025 06:22:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://hubu.news/?p=35921</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[<p>The United States has reaffirmed its plans to station intermediate-range missiles, including the Tomahawk cruise missile, in Germany&#8230;</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://hubu.news/2025/tomahawks-coming-us-sticks-to-germany-stationing-dashing-berlins-hopes-for-a-reversal/">Tomahawk&#8217;s Coming: US Sticks to Germany Stationing, Dashing Berlin&#8217;s Hopes for a Reversal</a> appeared first on <a href="https://hubu.news">Hubu.news</a>.</p>
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		<title>US Sticks to Commitments, But Europe Must Pay Up!</title>
		<link>https://hubu.news/2025/us-sticks-to-commitments-but-europe-must-pay-up/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Frank Bowers]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2025 17:17:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://hubu.news/?p=29882</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[<p>The United States remains committed to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio&#8230;</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://hubu.news/2025/us-sticks-to-commitments-but-europe-must-pay-up/">US Sticks to Commitments, But Europe Must Pay Up!</a> appeared first on <a href="https://hubu.news">Hubu.news</a>.</p>
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		<title>CDU Sticks to Merz Despite Steel Scandal</title>
		<link>https://hubu.news/2025/cdu-sticks-to-merz-despite-steel-scandal/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Victoria Chase]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jan 2025 05:55:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://hubu.news/?p=14805</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[<p>The CDU&#8217;s Federal Chairman, Dennis Radtke, has come to the defense of the CDU&#8217;s Chancellor candidate, Friedrich Merz,&#8230;</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://hubu.news/2025/cdu-sticks-to-merz-despite-steel-scandal/">CDU Sticks to Merz Despite Steel Scandal</a> appeared first on <a href="https://hubu.news">Hubu.news</a>.</p>
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