Overview

• In a closed CDU/CSU meeting, the chancellor asked MPs to avoid public attacks on the SPD and Vice Chancellor Lars Klingbeil, whom he described as “very sensitive,” and to keep disputes internal.
• He pressed for faster implementation of agreed policies, criticizing lengthy pre-negotiations and inter-ministerial rounds while noting business remains highly skeptical of the government.
• Merz said party leaders reached a basic agreement to combine public and private funding so that practically all contested motorway projects can be covered, with operational details due at a coalition committee meeting in the coming weeks.
• He also criticized the European Commission, calling some current actions counterproductive and no longer acceptable.
• The move follows growing frustration among CDU/CSU lawmakers over reported gaps in road funding and drew sharp reader backlash over his restraint request, according to Focus Online.