+++ Bundespolitik +++: Unionsfraktionsvize will Kohlekraftwerke anwerfen

Bundespolitik: Unionsfraktion wants coal power plants to bid

Chancellor expresses intention to become as independent as possible from other nations, citing competition with China. The cabinet will discuss with other EU countries and internally what needs to be done. Gropp stated that the current economic growth in Saxony-Anhalt is due to immigration. The number of German employees is decreasing as more retire than replace them.

The value created by immigrants would be lost otherwise, according to Gropp. Many industries are affected, with foreign workers making up 33 to 40 percent in food production, construction, hospitality, and logistics. Nearly 20 percent of all doctors in the region are foreign. Gropp noted that the domestic and foreign policy challenges are immense, regardless of who is facing them.

While the poll ratings are "disastrous", the CDU remains the most successful Christian democratic party in Europe. However, the conditions are extremely challenging. The central question, as per Frei, is whether the red-black coalition has the strength to implement the planned reforms in the fall. Frei called the proposals from the government's appointed Pension Commission groundbreaking and a century-long project, describing it as a compromise between political parties and generations.