Overnight attention stayed on Washington, where papers described Xi's White House appearance as a studied display of distance toward Trump, with sidelined executives and seating arrangements parsed for signals, while the 1-1 in Amsterdam was recast from fortunate debut to verdict on mediocrity that even Klopp could not mask.
By morning domestic economics took over. Volkswagen's recall of almost 900,000 cars built between 2013 and 2024 over steering failure dominated, before the Bundestag in fast-track procedure approved the 17-cent fuel discount from October, with Bundesrat approval the same day and immediate criticism as populism and demands to extend help to heating oil.
In the evening Berlin returned to the center as the Left voted by large majority to seek exploratory talks with Greens and SPD, pressing expropriation despite continued scrutiny of antisemitism allegations and clan contacts and hesitation among potential partners.