Overview

• In Potsdam, he said the federal government must prove the state works by delivering visible fixes in core services such as infrastructure and healthcare.
• He argued that democracy takes time and rests on compromise, voicing concern that compromise is less accepted than in earlier years.
• On what was reported as his first official visit to an eastern state, the chancellor attended a cabinet session and met Brandenburg’s SPD‑BSW leadership.
• His itinerary included a kindergarten visit and a planned meeting with researchers at the Hasso‑Plattner‑Institut.
• He scheduled an afternoon boat trip on the Havel to the Glienicker Brücke, a site symbolic of the former East‑West divide.