Coalition negotiations: Does a new government dawn on the horizon?

Good morning dear readers,

After 13 hours is over. At least for the time being. Until shortly before midnight, the leaders from Union and SPD negotiated the CDU party headquarters on Tuesday in the Konrad-Adenauer-Haus in Berlin. It should go on at 9:30 a.m. The goal – an agreement until noon, Referring to negotiating circles: “Unclear whether this is to be kept”.

The coalition negotiations are not a sprint, they are a marathon. Because in addition to the already existing differences, the US President is also in between: Donald Trump wants to Ukraine negotiations at all costs, also because he absolutely Excellent with the Nobel Peace Prize want to be (). He returns to tight allies like Germany, which is why the upcoming federal government has to reorganize. And now he distributes wild tariffs against almost all countries and just sorts the global economy. The designated Chancellor Friedrich Merz wants to keep against it: with falling corporate taxes, less bureaucracy and lower energy prices.

Not all of the parties’ issues have yet been cleared. However, the negotiators obviously do not lose the good mood. When leaving the CDU headquarters, a smiling Dorothee Bär calls the journalists: Well because.

I wish you a nice day, everything will be fine!

We stay in the coalition negotiations. Because – particularly exciting for journalists – the scramble for posting is great. Who will be a minister, who will be a minister? Some prominent women have already dispensed. Saarland’s Prime Minister Anke Rehlinger does not want, just as little as her counterpart from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Manuela Schwesig. Does the SPD threaten a women’s problem? And what about the Union?

You can find out more in star– “5-minute talk” () in which our chief reporter politics Miriam Hollstein and our political chief Jan Rosenkranz discuss.

This Wednesday, the additional US tariffs come into force on imports from the European Union, China and other countries. The EU is now – in early Wednesday morning – with 20 percent, at China there are currently 104 percent in the room. In our live blog we keep you up to date.

Maybe you know that, humor helps with crises on all fronts. At least me. In the United States, a lot of memes, videos and gifs are being shared that take the Customs Policy of the Trump government on the shovel. Including this via the tech billionaires, who support Trump loudly for the inauguration, and are now hit hard by the tariffs:

One is addicted to the sedative Lorazepam, the other may hike to prison – and millions watch. “The White Lotus” has been a big topic for weeks. Now all the more, where the relay finale was published on vacation on the wealthy. You can read a criticism of the third season here.

Behind the scenes of the success series, it seems to be as snappy as on the screens themselves. The two arguments: series creator Mike White and the (former) composer Cristóbal Tapia de Veer, to which the characteristic intro is thanks. Tapia de Veer no longer wants to be there at the season season – and announces this in an interview with the “New York Times”. White in turn calls the interview a “Bitch Move”. Significantly translated: a lousy number. You want to call both à la Doro Bär: everything will be fine.

With material from the agencies.