Overview
- ARD's Maischberger aired at 22:50 with Britta Haßelmann (Greens), Stephan Mayer (CSU) and Airbus chair René Obermann, plus commentary from Hubertus Meyer-Burckhardt, Jagoda Marinić and Jan Philipp Burgard.
- The Maischberger discussion covered the “Stadtbild” debate and social reforms as a stress test for Schwarz‑Rot and examined defense policy as a potential economic opportunity.
- ZDF's Markus Lanz aired at 23:15 with CDU politician Sven Schulze, Zeit Online editor Anne Hähnig and security scholar Peter R. Neumann.
- Lanz's topics included the CDU’s strategy to counter the AfD in the Saxony‑Anhalt campaign and analysis of tensions between Venezuela and the United States.
- Both episodes are online after broadcast; Maischberger repeats on November 5 (01:50 on ARD and 20:30 on tagesschau24), and Lanz returns on November 6 at 00:00 and 23:15 on ZDF.