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This is a difficult but necessary step.

— Birgit Dietze, Salzgitter AG's Head of HR, said this in connection with the HKM takeover and the associated job cuts.

A clear signal to the board: Not with us!

— Christiane Benner, head of IG Metall, on the VW workers' protests ahead of the supervisory board meeting

I share the view of the Federal Minister of Finance that an uncoordinated and unfriendly approach like that of UniCredit Group is not acceptable.

— Friedrich Merz, Chancellor, in a letter to Sascha Uebel, chairman of the Commerzbank group works council.

I no longer believe that freedom and democracy are compatible.

— Peter Thiel; quoted in a CORRECTIV article about the Thiel network (Dialog network), citing Thiel's claim that freedom and democracy are not compatible.

He does not understand the company well and wonders where Neura's competitive advantage lies.

— Philipp Klöckner, tech analyst, commenting on Neura Robotics in a podcast segment titled 'Red Flags'.

The war in the Middle East is generating inflation pressures, and the decision to raise rates is robust across a range of scenarios mapping out how the shock might evolve and affect the medium-term outlook for the euro area.

— ECB said in a statement.

If everyone contributes, we would have more in the pot and the state would not have to contribute as much.

— Bärbel Bas, Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs (SPD), at a Rheinische Post event in Düsseldorf, regarding the inclusion of civil servants in the statutory pension insurance.

Germany is moving away from the absolute top; others are now in the lead.

— Oliver Koppel, IW study author

People can still distinguish between geopolitical tensions and individual brands that, like us, are investing in Germany.

— Daniel Llano Manibardo, JP Morgan Chase's Germany head, in an interview