+++ Federal Politics +++: Berlin's SPD State Chief calls for a "change of course"
SPD group demands special party conference in the fall +++ CDU leadership rules out cooperation with AfD in Saxony-Anhalt +++ SPD criticizes family reunion regulations as too strict +++ The news blog.
Catarina dos Santos-Wintz, a 32-year-old CDU MP, is set to become the new First Parliamentary Manager of the Union in the Bundestag, succeeding Steffen Bilger. She was proposed by Thorsten Frei, the new CDU parliamentary group leader. The appointment comes as Friedrich Merz, CDU leader, has taken Steffen Bilger to the cabinet as Transport Minister.
Meanwhile, the Bund der Steuerzahler has criticized SPD Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil's tax reform plans as "a joke or provocation", citing that most measures would increase tax burdens rather than reduce them.
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