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The week of the decision for Friedrich Merz – the situation in the morning
Friedrich Merz has set up his cabinet. He finds it “very, very good”. Soon we will know more – and the SPD, whether it agrees to the coalition agreement. What is still important.
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Who will take over which items in the future cabinet Friedrich Merz? “You will find out tomorrow morning,” promised CDU general secretary Carsten Linnemann on Sunday evening on ZDF-today. The countdown runs, we should know until noon who the Union occupies its ten departments. In total there are 17, seven are filled by the SPD.
No names are yet officially confirmed. However, some media have learned details, including the star. This is how the energy manager and earlier CDU-MP Katherina Reiche Robert Habeck at the head of the Ministry of Economic Affairs. According to NTV, CSU state group leader Alexander Dobrindt could become Interior Minister, according to “Table Media”, the Foreign Ministry goes to Johann WadePhul (CDU). We have compiled pictures of the candidates for you:
This could look the cabinet of the future Chancellor Friedrich Merz
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The former CDU MP and State Secretary Katherina Reiche, who is currently working in the energy industry, is traded. It would be the first East German in office. CDU energy expert Andreas Jung is also mentioned
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Merz himself said at the weekend that he was convinced of his “really very, very good government team”. And My colleague Julius Betschka found that, despite the surprise of the seven ministerial posts of the SPD, the designated Chancellor has succeeded in a secret coup: All posts that have an impact on migration policy in Germany are at the Union. Read more here.
This week brings more crucial days. By Tuesday evening at 11:59 p.m. SPD Your members: “Should the SPD conclude the coalition agreement negotiated with CDU/CSU?” You can only answer with yes or no. The result is to be announced on Wednesday. Before that, the SPD does not want to call ministers.
Start this exciting week relaxed!
The coalition of Friedrich Merz is and falls free with Thorsten
We stay with the new cabinet: the Chancellor’s head will be central to the future federal government. That is expected to be called Thorsten Frei. So far, Frei is the first parliamentary managing director of the Union faction and close confidante by Friedrich Merz – one of the reasons why he will probably prove this post.
star-The chief reporter Miriam Hollstein and political chief Veit Medick find that the role of the chancellor’s head is underestimated, even though she is “systemically relevant”. Because he (or she) is responsible for keeping the coalition together. Preduction Wolfgang Schmidt has not succeeded at the traffic lights. In the “5-minute talk” podcast, you will learn what a Chancellor’s head of the Chancellor actually does and what makes freely a promising candidate:
Germany worldwide in fourth place in military spending
The time has come again: The Stockholm Peace Research Institute Sipri publishes its annual report. In a comprehensive data collection, the military expenditure of the states is listed. In 2024, the countries spent 2.38 trillion euros for the military, including personnel costs, military aids and military research. This increased by 9.4 percent worldwide in one year – the biggest leap since the end of the Cold War.
The USA (not surprisingly) took first place (874 billion euros) followed by China (275 billion euros) and Russia (around 56.7 billion euros). Germany lands in fourth place.
The “grandpa gang”, the Kim Kardashian Bestalahl
On October 3, 2016, a gang attacked one of the most famous personalities in the world: Kim Kardashian. The influencer from the very beginning informs her followers about every step, also about her visit to Paris Fashion Week. That was fatal to her that evening. She was alone in her hotel room – without bodyguards, but with lots of diamonds. Then the robbers came.
The process against gangsters in retirement age begins today. “In the Paris of the smaller people, pity is still limited,” summarizes our France correspondent Andrea Ritter:
What else is important today
- The Canadians choose a new parliament and a new prime minister. The liberal Mark Carney, successor to Justin Trudeau, was initially behind in surveys. His anti-trump course seems to have improved his chances.
- The cardinals in Rome advise on the upcoming conclave, the Pope election. The date could soon be determined for this. The conclave of the cardinals entitled to vote has to come together 15 to 20 days after the Pope’s death, i.e. between May 5 and 10.
- With a ceremony in Brussels, Germany’s accession to NATO is reminded almost 70 years ago. Among other things, Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and the executive Minister of Defense Boris Pistorius will take part.
With material from the agencies.
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