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- BMW plans to eliminate up to 8,000 positions in Germany by the end of 2027, company sources said.
- The reduction would mainly affect office roles and rely on staff turnover plus voluntary severance for eligible non-production employees.
- BMW employs about 84,000 people in Germany and approximately 154,000 worldwide, according to the report.
- Conservative lawmakers are expected to approve Thorsten Frei as parliamentary group leader after Jens Spahn’s resignation.
- President Frank-Walter Steinmeier is expected to appoint Nina Warken, Carsten Linnemann and Steffen Bilger to senior government posts.
- The incoming ministers are expected to take their constitutional oaths when the Bundestag returns from its summer recess on September 9.
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German conservative lawmakers are due to consider Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s ministerial choices, followed by expected appointments by President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.
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