Germany opposed new EU tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, which entered into force on Wednesday (30 October). The country has a major car industry and several large German brands have invested in the Chinese market and rely on sales in China.
The leaders of Germany’s 16 federal states discussed the revival of the European Union’s Dublin Regulation and the possibility of deporting illegal migrants to non-EU countries.
EU member states have moved to weaken wolf protection measures in response to growing concerns about the threat to livestock. At a meeting of EU ambassadors, Germany backed the proposal.
German police are investigating a group of suspected human traffickers at a time of growing pressure from illegal immigration in the European Union.
German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser has ordered passport controls to be resumed along all German land borders in a bid to sharply curb the number of people entering the country without visas.