GERMANY PERSPECTIVE

Berlin covers the Islamabad negotiations through two distinct lenses. DW traces three generations of US-Iran conflict, placing the current encounter in a historical trajectory that tempers expectations of a quick breakthrough. Deutsche Welle in English focuses on Lebanon, where uncertainty reigns despite the ceasefire — an angle reflecting German concern for Eastern Mediterranean stability. German coverage is characteristically cautious: neither the enthusiasm of Pakistani media nor the cutting skepticism of the British. Berlin knows that reopening Hormuz conditions European energy supply and that continent-wide airports are running on three weeks of kerosene reserves. Germany, having restructured its energy flows after the 2022 Russia break, has zero appetite for managing a second supply shock.