Kabinettsklausur: Klingbeil und Schneider machen sich auf dem Rennrad warm
Am zweiten Tag der Kabinettsklausur geht es um Wirtschaftswachstum und die Folgen der Hitzewelle. Vor Beginn steht aber für einige Minister noch etwas anderes auf dem Programm.
Several ministers warmed up for the second round of the Kabinettsklausur on bicycles in the early morning. Vizekanzler Lars Klingbeil and Umweltminister Carsten Schneider (both SPD) pedaled their racing bikes around 6:15 AM at Schloss Neuhardenberg in Brandenburg. According to Schneider, they covered 26 kilometers in terrain after an hour and 45 minutes.
Klingbeil, who is two years younger, told the Deutsche Presse-Agentur, "Altersgerechter Schnitt im Gelände," meaning "age-appropriate route in terrain." Klingbeil's cycling was also a preparation for the current topic of the Kabinettsklausur. At the end of the two-day session, Bundeskanzler Friedrich Merz (CDU) and his ministers discussed the consequences of the summer heatwave.
The ministers who jogged around the castle included Außenminister Johann Wadephul and new Gesundheitsminister Carsten Linnemann (both CDU), who cycled between 6:30 and 7:10 AM. The Kabinettsklausur began on Tuesday, and topics included the consequences of heat and competitiveness of the German economy. Start-up entrepreneurs and Handwerkspräsident Jörg Dittrich were invited for the latter.
At noon (12:30 PM), Bundeskanzler Friedrich Merz, Vizekanzler Lars Klingbeil (SPD), and Innenminister Alexander Dobrindt (CSU) would report on the results of the Kabinettsklausur.
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