11:05 (10:05)⇢Germany's Economic Struggle Intensifies
⌨German media focuses on Russia's ongoing attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure, causing significant power outages (Spiegel). The broader conflict also sees discussions of corruption within Ukraine (Tagesspiegel) and a potential meeting between Witkoff and Putin (FR, merkur.de, Sueddeutsche). Domestically, there is continued reporting on Thomas Gottschalk's cancer diagnosis (merkur.de, Bild). The AfD youth organization, "Generation Deutschland," is still being discussed (Junge Freiheit). Economically, Mercedes is cutting jobs in Germany and building a new factory in Hungary (Zeit), while "ghosting" is impacting German companies (RP Online). The EU forest protection regulation has been postponed (TAZ), and the "Reichsbürger" trial is turning into a farce (Welt). Christian Drosten returns to the political stage to answer questions from the Corona Enquete Commission (Tagesspiegel).