November 28, 2025 – Germany Headlines

Story gist: The German Bundeswehr will resume low-level flight training at 75 meters above ground over Bavaria and northwest Brandenburg.

Bias summary: Left-leaning outlets like SZ.de frame the story with emphasis on potential noise disruption from jets over Bavaria, highlighting future loudness concerns. Center outlets like rbb24.de report neutrally on permissions for low flights over northwest Brandenburg, focusing on facts without tone. Right-leaning coverage is absent, omitting perspectives that might stress military readiness or defense benefits.

Story gist: A pension summit is underway at the German Chancellery. Coalition parties are negotiating a compromise on pension reform.

Bias summary: Left-leaning outlets absent, lacking coverage of the event. Center outlets like tagesschau.de neutrally frame it as coalition struggling for pension compromise, emphasizing negotiation process. Right-leaning BILD dramatizes with high stakes tone, calling it ‘most important hours of Merz’ chancellorship,’ highlighting leadership urgency and portraying positively for CDU figure Merz.

Story gist: Russian President Vladimir Putin stated he will stick to his conditions on a US-Ukraine plan and issued threats. Russia expects a US delegation in the coming week.

Bias summary: Left-leaning Spiegel emphasizes Russia expecting a US delegation next week, highlighting diplomatic engagement. Center tagesschau.de neutrally reports Putin adhering to conditions while threatening. Right-leaning WELT spotlights Putin’s quote on markedly increasing military advances in all directions against Ukraine, stressing aggressive posture. No major omissions across lanes.

Story gist: A group of young parliamentarians accused CDU politician Jens Spahn of intimidation in a German pension reform dispute. The group stated it will not give up.

Bias summary: No left-leaning outlets covered the story, omitting progressive views on pension reforms and Spahn’s role. Center tagesschau.de frames the pension package as trapping Spahn in a dilemma, emphasizing his political difficulty. Right-leaning n-tv highlights the young MPs’ determination and their accusation of Spahn’s intimidation, sympathetically portraying the group’s resistance.

Story gist: Shots were fired at National Guard members in Washington, killing a female service member. The suspect had worked with the CIA in Afghanistan. The US government plans to review all residence permits of certain nationalities.

Bias summary: Left-leaning outlets like Spiegel emphasize the US government’s plan to scrutinize green cards of specific nationalities, framing immigration policy scrutiny. Center outlets like tagesschau.de focus neutrally on the National Guardswoman’s death from the shooting. Right-leaning outlets are absent, omitting potential emphasis on the suspect’s CIA ties, security lapses, or victim heroism.