Overview

• Hendrik Wüst appeared Friday on Radio Bremen’s talkshow 3nach9, using the platform to reflect on his path into politics.
• Former SPD leader Björn Engholm lauded Wüst in a pre-recorded video, calling him “jemand mit Zukunft” while holding a glass of white wine.
• Radio Bremen produced the Engholm clip, which was played as a surprise during the broadcast and visibly caught Wüst off guard.
• Wüst said a 1990 visit to the then‑GDR shifted him from admiring Engholm to supporting Helmut Kohl and the CDU because Kohl embodied reunification.
• He recounted Kohl telling him in 2005, “Bub, du musst mehr essen!”, and shared a beer-hall story about Kohl taking a leftover slice of roast, before briefly addressing NRW voter shifts and recent CDU municipal gains.