Overview

• Hamburg’s Christoph Ploß has proposed rotating summer holiday dates more equitably, but Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg continue to opt out of the staggered schedule
• Bavarian Minister-President Markus Söder said the spate of summer holidays is ingrained in regional identity and ruled out swapping its late slot
• The ZDF Politbarometer survey found 62 percent of respondents back including Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg in the rotation, while 26 percent favor maintaining their exception
• Parent organisations and the Sozialverband Deutschland are calling for a legal entitlement to holiday childcare and expanded all-day school programmes to support working families
• Current dates for Germany’s six-week summer break remain fixed under the 1964 Hamburger Abkommen through 2029/30 and require unanimous state approval for any changes