Chancellor MERZ’s ruling coalition agreed to press ahead with a reform package covering a comprehensive pensions overhaul, long-term care reform and a personal income tax cut after a meeting at the federal chancellery. Party leaders called the meeting constructive and said the coalition aims to complete the measures quickly. MERZ’s public approval has fallen sharply and inter-party divisions persist, which the government identified as the main obstacle to implementing the reforms.

In a statement on RMB exchange-rate policy, the PBOC said global economic imbalances stem from the evolution of industrial division, inherent contradictions in the international monetary system and investment-savings gaps, and are not the sole responsibility of either surplus or deficit countries; they require coordinated action. It said weaker trade competitiveness in some economies reflects structural problems — prolonged high energy costs, elevated manufacturing costs, lagging infrastructure, rigid regulation, underinvestment in innovation and digitalization, and path-dependent industrial development that has eroded international competitiveness.

目击者称，随着以色列设定的关闭期限到期，耶路撒冷英国领事馆的工作人员拆除了领事馆的标识。