Germany
Google rolled out an AI "Mode" for its Search across much of Europe, including Germany, Italy, Switzerland and Austria, but excluded France, which Google blamed on EU rules.
Newly elected Herdecke mayor Iris Stalzer was stabbed and taken to hospital in critical condition, investigators suspected a familial motive and police detained her 15-year-old adoptive son.
President Frank‑Walter Steinmeier appointed Günter Spinner, Ann‑Kathrin Kaufhold and Sigrid Emmenegger to Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court in Berlin, settling a fraught selection dispute but leaving questions.
FC Barcelona routed Bayern Munich 7-1 in Barcelona in the Women's Champions League opener, with captain Alexia Putellas scoring and providing two assists.
Former German chancellor Angela Merkel said she had supported a 2021 EU–Russia dialogue and partly blamed Poland and the Baltic states for the Ukraine war, prompting criticism.
A chemical accident at a galvanic plant in Mainaschaff near Aschaffenburg released a possibly toxic orange gas cloud, lightly injuring four people and prompting firefighters to lift warnings.
Bavaria's cabinet approved a bill empowering state police to detect, track and, if necessary, shoot down unauthorized drones after recent incursions disrupted Munich Airport.
Germany's federal cabinet debated a draft amendment to the Federal Police Act to give the Bundespolizei expanded powers, including drone defense, phone-location access and random checks.
Google announced an "AI mode" for its search in Germany and across Europe, saying it will present AI-assisted answers and prompting concerns among users and website owners.
Investor Erich Schwaiger bought several top pedestrian‑zone properties in Munich within days, prompting the real‑estate industry to question where the funds for the rapid purchases came from.
Transport & Environment said European automakers were on track to meet the EU's delayed 2025–27 CO2 targets, but the Commission's two‑year extension slowed EV uptake and risked 2030 goals.
Germany risked an EU deficit procedure after the finance ministry projected large 2026 budget deficits, despite an EU defense-spending exception, and debt neared 80 percent.
Franz Josef Wagner, the longtime "Bild" columnist and former B.Z. editor known for his daily "Post von Wagner" column, died in Germany at 82.
