In brief | 11 April '25
Politico: Friedrich Merz’s cabinet: Who will lead Germany’s key ministries?
Incoming Chancellor Friedrich Merz's conservatives and their Social Democratic Party (SPD) counterparts have struck a coalition deal, but party leaders haven't revealed who will lead key ministries in the next government.
Reuters: Germany's equality chessboard creates headache in picking new government's ministers
Germany faces the conundrum of choosing ministers for its next government without flouting equality sensitivities: the main candidates are from only two regions, and none of the names circulating so far is a woman.
Bloomberg: EU will pause metals counter tariffs against us for 90 days
The European Union will delay for 90 days the implementation of its counter tariffs against the US over the 25 percent duties president Donald Trump imposed on the bloc’s steel and aluminium exports last month.
The Guardian: Revealed: Big tech’s new datacentres will take water from the world’s driest areas
Amazon, Microsoft and Google are operating datacentres that use vast amounts of water in some of the world’s driest areas and are building many more, the non-profit investigatory organisation SourceMaterial and the Guardian have found.
Euronews: Not just social media: Report claims mainstream French media is spreading climate disinformation
A new AI-powered report in France has discovered climate misinformation is rife. And it’s not just confined to social media either, with many major news and TV outlets implicated in the findings.
Bruegel: Green intersections: the global embedding of climate change in policy
The chapters in this volume, written by a range of experts worldwide, show that in many countries and policy areas, green objectives are still driving fundamental changes and many lessons have been learned.
