Overview

• Reiner Haseloff, Minister-President of Saxony-Anhalt, emphasizes that statistical disparities between East and West Germany remain visible across all sectors decades after reunification.
• He predicts that it could take up to 100 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall for these divisions to no longer appear in official statistics.
• Haseloff calls on the incoming federal government to act decisively by summer 2025 to stimulate economic growth and address regional inequalities.
• Quoting biblical imagery, Haseloff likens the long-lasting effects of division to generational legacies that require urgent and sustained efforts to overcome.
• The CDU-SPD coalition agreement is set to be signed in early May, with Friedrich Merz expected to be elected Chancellor shortly thereafter.