Overview

• Thuringia's SPD leader Georg Maier has expressed dissatisfaction with the CDU and BSW for agreeing on a Corona investigation committee without SPD input.
• Maier also criticized a guest article by CDU's Mario Voigt and others advocating for peace talks between Russia and Ukraine, seeing it as contradictory.
• Negotiations for a potential 'Brombeer-Koalition' between CDU, BSW, and SPD have been complicated by differing stances on international diplomacy and defense policies.
• The latest round of talks shifted focus from economic topics to resolving immediate issues, with no public statements following the meeting.
• BSW's demands include a strong diplomatic approach to the Ukraine conflict and opposition to US missile deployments in Germany, adding to the coalition's complexity.