Overview
- Coalition leaders convene the Koalitionsausschuss to settle disputes on the pension package, Germany’s EU stance on the 2035 combustion‑engine rules, housing policy and the heating law, with caucus discussions slated for Friday.
- Eighteen young Union deputies oppose the pension plan as Fraktionschef Jens Spahn readies a Friday meeting with them, while Junge‑Gruppe representative Pascal Reddig signals he expects the package will not fail ahead of a planned vote next week.
- The SPD party board has deemed a members’ initiative against tougher Bürgergeld sanctions admissible, starting a formal process that could trigger a binding membership vote if enough signatures are collected.
- Gießen readies for the AfD’s ‘Generation Deutschland’ founding on 29–30 November with counter‑protests projected in the tens of thousands and a mid‑four‑figure police deployment drawn from Hessen, 14 other states and the federal police, as courts issue mixed rulings on protest locations.
- Local authorities detail roadblocks, suspended attendance requirements for inner‑city schools on Friday, and event cancellations, while nationwide fan groups and several clubs denounce looming IMK stadium measures such as mandatory three‑month bans, ticket personalisation and AI face‑scanning as disproportionate.