Markus Lanz Tonight: Faeser, Alexander and Knaus Tackle Migration and AfD Ban Debate
The ZDF talk show revisits Germany’s migration policy ten years after “Wir schaffen das” with an emphasis on current integration challenges.
Overview
- Episode 2121 airs Tuesday, 9 September 2025 at 23:15 on ZDF and via the ZDF livestream.
- Nancy Faeser, Robin Alexander and migration expert Gerald Knaus are confirmed as the guests for the late-night edition.
- The conversation will review the Ampel coalition’s migration approach and address the discussion over pursuing an AfD ban procedure.
- Knaus will assess the status quo a decade after “Wir schaffen das” and speak about the potential for new refugee flows in the winter.
- The program is recorded a few hours before broadcast and will be available shortly after transmission in the ZDF-Mediathek, with the show airing triweekly.