Overview
- The Jan. 13 episode aired at 23:15 on ZDF and is now available to stream on the ZDF-Mediathek.
- SPD’s Ralf Stegner addressed the coalition dispute over stronger inheritance taxation, with journalist Karina Mößbauer assessing the SPD’s position entering Germany’s 2026 election year.
- CDU deputy parliamentary leader Mathias Middelberg criticized the SPD concept, saying it would heavily burden family-run Mittelstand companies.
- Political scientist Herfried Münkler argued that the United States’ unipolar moment has ended, framing current crises as signs of a shifting global order.
- Iran expert Ali Fathollah-Nejad analyzed the ongoing protests’ potential to threaten the clerical regime, presented as an assessment rather than a prediction.