10:30 (09:30)⇢Rubio's Munich Olive Branch
⌨German editors are focusing on US Secretary of State Marco Rubio's unexpectedly conciliatory rhetoric at the Munich Security Conference, where he emphasized transatlantic friendship despite underlying demands for European compliance (Welt, Sueddeutsche, Spiegel, merkur.de, Tagesspiegel, FAZ). Simultaneously, a significant domestic breakthrough is reported in public sector wage negotiations, avoiding further strikes with a 5.8 percent pay increase (RP Online, Stuttgarter Zeitung).