Merz Locks in Tomahawk Purchase as Volkswagen Board Limits Blume Overhaul

Germany's defense push advances while worker representatives at the country's largest automaker force delays on plant closures and deeper job reductions.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has secured approval from the United States for the purchase of Tomahawk cruise missiles, a step that would mark the first stationing of medium-range weapons on German soil since the Cold War. The move aims to address what officials describe as a gap in long-range strike capability against potential Russian threats. At the same time, Volkswagen's supervisory board has approved only limited parts of CEO Oliver Blume's cost-cutting program, rejecting proposals to close factories and pushing the hardest decisions on employment to September.

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