Here is a roundup of top stories from and about Germany on Friday September 18, 2026: Tired of missing our real-time updates? Click here to add DW as a Preferred Source on Google. Guten Tag from Bonn as we kick off the weekend with everything Germany is talking about today. Soaring gasoline and diesel prices are dominating poitical discussion this week, with Germany's ruling coalition still divided on how to best provide price relief. The debate comes ahead of two key state elections on Sunday. Voters are heading to the polls in the city-state Berlin and in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (MWP) in the former East Germany. Both races are set to be close-run affairs.
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