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2015 in Germany

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The following lists events that happened in 2015 in Germany.

Incumbents

Events

= January =

  • 1 January - The 'Mindestlohngesetz' (German Minimum Wage Law) comes into effect: Most jobs now have to receive €8.50 per hour as a minimum wage.{{Cite web |title=Germany: Parliament Passes Law on Minimum Wage |url=https://www.loc.gov/item/global-legal-monitor/2014-08-08/germany-parliament-passes-law-on-minimum-wage/ |access-date=2024-05-05 |website=Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA}}
  • 11 January - An arson attack on the newspaper Hamburger Morgenpost, which published Charlie Hebdo cartoons, leads to two arrests.{{Cite news|url = http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/charlie-hebdo-cartoons-arson-attack-at-german-paper-reprinted/1/412652.html|title = India Today|date = 11 January 2015|access-date = 11 January 2015}}
  • 21 January - Lutz Bachmann resigns as chairman of the anti-Islamic Pegida movement. As of 9 April, the position is still vacant.{{Cite news |last=Connolly |first=Kate |date=2015-01-21 |title=Germany's Pegida leader steps down over Adolf Hitler photo |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/21/germany-pegida-adolf-hitler-lutz-bachmann |access-date=2024-05-05 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}

= February =

= March =

  • March - German company Dr Oetker buys German company Coppenrath & Wiese{{cite act |url=https://ec.europa.eu/competition/mergers/cases/decisions/m7598_20150617_20310_4313367_EN.pdf

|authority=European Commission

|title=Case M.7598 — Dr. Oetker/Coppenrath & Wiese

|number=M.7598 |date=17 June 2015

|id=EUR-Lex: 32015M7598

|type=REGULATION (EC) No 139/2004 MERGER PROCEDURE, Article 6(1)(b) NON-OPPOSITION

|orig-date=12 May 2015 |access-date=6 Sep 2024}}

  • 5 March - Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015
  • 24 March - The crash of Germanwings Flight 9525 leads to widespread media coverage and public attention in Germany. 72 Germans die aboard the German machine that was intentionally crashed by its German co-pilot.{{Cite web |title=No survivors from German airliner crash in French Alps |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/3/25/no-survivors-from-german-airliner-crash-in-french-alps |access-date=2024-05-05 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}
  • March – CeBIT in Hanover
  • March – ITB Berlin in Berlin
  • March – Leipzig Book Fair in Leipzig

=April=

= May =

=June=

  • 7–8 June – 41st G7 summit was held in Schloss Elmau, Bavaria.{{cite news| url=https://news.yahoo.com/germany-hold-2015-g8-summit-alpine-spa-122936229--finance.html| title=Germany to hold 2015 G8 summit at Alpine spa| date=23 January 2014| agency=AP}}
  • June – Kiel Week in Kiel
  • 29 June – A robot grabbed a man at a Volkswagen production plant in Baunatal and crushed him to death against a metal plate. Prosecutors considered bringing charges after the incident.[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jul/02/robot-kills-worker-at-volkswagen-plant-in-germany Robot kills worker at Volkswagen plant in Germany] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180407103701/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jul/02/robot-kills-worker-at-volkswagen-plant-in-germany |date=7 April 2018 }} The Guardian, 2015-07-01.

=August=

=September=

  • September – Frankfurt Motor Show in Frankfurt
  • 30 September – Alex Springer Media Group is ordered to pay €635,000 compensation for damages for pain and suffering to journalist and weather presenter Jörg Kachelmann following their reporting of a case in which he was falsely accused of rape. The award was a record sum for such as case, though later reduced to €395,000 on appeal.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dw.com/en/bild-publisher-ordered-to-pay-record-sum-to-kachelmann/a-18750847|title='Bild' publisher ordered to pay 'record sum' to Kachelmann | DW | 30.09.2015|website=Deutsche Welle }}
  • September - October – Oktoberfest in Munich

=October=

=November=

  • November - German company Merck Group buys American company Sigma-Aldrich{{Cite web |last=Kroll |first=David |title=Merck KGaA (German Merck) Buys Sigma-Aldrich For $17B |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidkroll/2014/09/22/merck-kgaa-buys-sigma-aldrich-for-17b/ |access-date=2024-05-05 |website=Forbes |language=en}}
  • November - Japanese company Hitachi Koki buys German company Metabo{{Cite web |date=2015-11-17 |title=Hitachi Buys German Power Tool Maker Metabo For Reported $180 Million |url=https://www.inddist.com/mergers-acquisitions/news/13770415/hitachi-buys-german-power-tool-maker-metabo-for-reported-180-million |access-date=2024-05-05 |website=Industrial Distribution |language=en-us}}

=December=

Deaths

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See also

References

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