One yr of Merz authorities. As an alternative of a celebratory environment, there’s huge time stress. Mammoth tasks akin to tax reform, the pension bundle and the 2027 funds should be accomplished by the summer time break. Gordon Repinski analyzes with Rasmus Buchsteiner whether or not the black-red coalition has the energy for a “large hit” or whether or not the elemental variations between Union financial exercise and SPD redistribution finish in a standstill.
In a 200-second interview, the First Parliamentary Managing Director of the Union faction, Steffen Bilger, sums up the primary twelve months. He talks concerning the tough partnership with the SPD, achieved successes such because the migration transition and explains why, in his view, the Union’s starvation for reform has not been happy.
Whereas there are arguments in Berlin, Cem Özdemir and Manuel Hagel are creating information in Stuttgart. As we speak they’re presenting their coalition settlement. Maximilian Stasheit explains why the Greens are bending over backwards for the financial energy of Baden-Württemberg and what the brand new Prime Minister Özdemir means for the federal get together.
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