Germany

📍 GERMANY • The trend is about German politician Volker Wissing, the Minister for Digital and Transport, who is in the news regarding a new book and his political career.

📍 GERMANY • Kaufland, a major German supermarket, is in the news in the context of articles discussing the record-high prices for chocolate Easter bunnies and chocolate in general due to cocoa shortages.

📍 GERMANY • A new episode of the popular German TV crime series ‘Wilsberg’, which is set in the city of Münster, is trending.

📍 GERMANY • The trend is about the finale of the 10th season of ‘Das große Promibacken’, a popular celebrity baking competition show in Germany, where a winner was crowned.

📍 GERMANY • The term is trending due to a segment in the popular TV show ‘Germany’s Next Topmodel’ where contestants have a photoshoot for their modeling portfolio (sedcard).

📍 GERMANY • The term is trending in Germany in the context of the ‘International Day of Zero Waste,’ with news focused on the massive global issue of food waste and its connection to the climate crisis.

📍 GERMANY • Lars Klingbeil, a prominent German politician from the SPD party, is trending due to a new poll (‘Deutschlandtrend’) showing his party has reached a record low in public approval.

📍 GERMANY • The trend is about a heated political debate on a German talk show involving the leader of the Young Socialists (Juso), Philipp Türmer, regarding his controversial proposals for higher taxes.

📍 GERMANY • The trend is driven by the television premiere of a popular Danish crime thriller, ‘Jussi Adler-Olsen: Verheißung’, which appeals to fans of the Nordic Noir genre.

📍 GERMANY • The trend revolves around a political debate sparked by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s statements calling for Syrian refugees in Germany to return to their home country. [19, 21, 22]