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July 2026 German unemployment near 3 million

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Latest: German Industry Losing 15,000 Jobs Each Month as Crisis Deepens

July 2026 data confirmed Germany’s unemployment rose to 3.007 million (6.4 % seasonally adjusted), surpassing the three‑million mark for the first time in years. The increase followed a modest dip in June, when unemploym

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European river low‑water crisis deepens

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Latest: Historic Low Water Levels on Rhine and Danube Disrupt European Shipping

By early August 2026 the Rhine’s water levels fell to historic lows – Cologne 63 cm, Düsseldorf 17 cm, Duisburg‑Ruhrort 149 cm and the Emmerich gauge ran dry – limiting barges to roughly 20 % of their normal cargo. The d

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German industry push for EU tariffs on China

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Latest: German Industry Braces for New “China Shock 2.0” as BDI Warns

In July 2026 the German engineering association VDMA urged the European Union to adopt sector‑wide countervailing duties against Chinese manufacturers, arguing that existing product‑by‑product investigations are too slow