11:02⇢Germany's Social State Under Review
⌨German media continues to focus on the Merz government's struggles with fiscal policy, including ongoing debates on taxes, pensions, and Bürgergeld entitlements (FR, FAZ). Labor Minister Bärbel Bas firmly asserts Germany's wealth, opposing social state cuts (Junge Freiheit). Concurrently, the escalating hospitality crisis threatens price stability (Welt). Internationally, Chicago's resistance to President Trump's deployment threats remains a prominent topic (Spiegel, Sueddeutsche), alongside new revelations disputing a GPS outage on EU Commission President von der Leyen's plane (Berliner Zeitung).