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What are Germany's long-term cap gains rules for normal equities?

Always 25% of your profit at the time you sell your equity. They abolished the tax free long time rule 2009.

26.375%, there is no way to get around the 5.5% solidarity surcharge.

Germany doesn't distinguish between long/short term, it's a simple ~25% flat tax no matter what

I believe there is a tax free threshold of 801€ for singles and 1602€ for couples, however.