In brief | 24 February '25
DW:
Here's a look in charts at the wins and losses, seats in parliament, possible coalition outcomes and voter demographics.
Bloomberg:
Germany’s Social Democrats are taking steps to revamp their leadership as a role in a new government beckons, even though Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s party slumped to its worst election result since World War II.
Reuters:
Reuters compiled the international reaction to the results of Germany's national election.
Bloomberg:
The commission is set to propose a significant watering down of the bloc’s sustainability rules as part of its regulatory review on Wednesday (26 February).
Table.Media:
In his inaugural speech, the new US Secretary of Energy Chris Wright cited the German energy transition as a cautionary example. However, the figures he cited are largely incorrect, not very conclusive and incomplete, as our fact check shows.
Reuters:
The European Commission will propose exemptions for "the vast majority" of companies covered by the European Union's carbon border levy (CBAM) on the grounds that they produce only one percent of emissions in the scheme, a draft proposal showed.
