Federal politics: Wagenknecht calls for Rich's resignation due to gas storage crisis
Merz to travel on Saturday to wildfire area in the Eifel +++ Majority considers Bas and Klingbeil to be the wrong SPD leaders +++ BSW minister warns party leadership against supporting the AfD +++ The news blog.
A survey shows 47% of SPD voters at the 2025 federal election disapprove of the party leadership, while only 20% support them. This comes after criticism from some SPD members over the party's direction, particularly regarding government plans to abolish the "Rente mit 63" pension scheme. The CDU's Thorsten Frei has proposed Catarina dos Santos-Wintz as the new First Parliamentary Manager of the Union in the Bundestag.
The German Taxpayers' Association has criticized Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil's tax reform plans as "a joke or provocation", citing that most measures would increase tax burdens.
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