05:13⇢Putin and Trump Bail on Istanbul Peace Summit
⌨The newspapers extensively report on the Istanbul Ukraine peace talks crisis, with both Putin and Trump declining to attend in person (Bild, FR, Welt, Sueddeutsche). Several sources analyze why EU sanctions against Russia seem ineffective, suggesting Europeans are pursuing a complex strategy that still "spares" Putin (Spiegel, FAZ). Domestic issues include health insurance inequality, with public insurance patients waiting twice as long for appointments than private patients, particularly for pulmonary and dermatology specialists (RP Online). In political news, Interior Minister Dobrindt plans to pursue the ban of right-wing "Compact" magazine despite previous court rejection (Junge Freiheit), and the Left party's votes are now needed to elect Constitutional Court judges (TAZ).