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Germany’s New Coalition Faces Early Strains Over Policy and Public Disputes

Tensions emerge within the CDU/CSU-SPD alliance as disagreements surface over pension reform, debt-brake plans, and a controversial security-service dismissal.

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Bundeskanzler Friedrich Merz (CDU) und Vizekanzler Lars Klingbeil (SPD) liegen über das Lieferkettengesetz im Streit.
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Nottingham-Stürmer Taiwo Awoniyi musste auf dem Spielfeld medizinisch behandelt werden.

Overview

  • Union and SPD leaders urge coalition members to avoid public disputes, emphasizing the need for discipline and adherence to the coalition agreement.
  • Labor Minister Bärbel Bas's proposal to expand pension contributions to civil servants and self-employed individuals has been rejected by Union officials as outside the coalition's agreed framework.
  • The coalition's planned debt-brake reform commission faces internal skepticism, with CSU leader Alexander Hoffmann questioning its necessity and feasibility.
  • Brandenburg Interior Minister Katrin Lange faces criticism over her dismissal of Verfassungsschutz chief Jörg Müller, with questions raised about her handling of the AfD's reclassification as a right-wing extremist group.
  • Former Health Minister Karl Lauterbach transitions to a new role in the Bundestag’s Research, Technology, and Space Committee following the government change.