Overview

• ZDF confirmed Markus Lanz’s Sept. 24 panel on international security with Manfred Weber, Isabelle Schaefers, Mariam Lau and Bente Scheller, covering Trump’s UN address, Europe’s security, Germany’s role in the Middle East and Russia–NATO tensions.
• At ARD’s Maischberger on Sept. 24, guests Marie‑Agnes Strack‑Zimmermann, Ralf Stegner, Hendrik Streeck, Joachim Llambi, Melanie Amann and Rainer Hank discuss Russian provocations, a new Wehrdienst and German drug policy, with Streeck appearing as the federal Drugs Commissioner.
• Bente Scheller characterized international recognition of Palestine as “symbolic politics” during the Lanz discussion, reflecting the broadcasts’ emphasis on concrete policy stances.
• ZDF’s Maybrit Illner on Sept. 25 centers on the theme “Sozialstaat in Not – teuer, ungerecht, missbraucht?” with Paul Ziemiak, Philipp Türmer, Verena Bentele, Boris Palmer and Eva Quadbeck.
• Markus Lanz on Sept. 25 features Karl Lauterbach, Kerstin Münstermann, Martin Werding and Peter Neumann on social‑state reform, health‑care financing, NRW election fallout and the migration debate in the UK, with all shows airing late night and streaming in the ARD/ZDF Mediatheken.