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Friedrich Merz is trending in German coverage alongside a wider debate about Europe's approach to China. Reports highlight EU criticism of Chinese trade practices just ahead of important talks in Beijing, while the SPD, with Boris Pistorius making new demands, is positioning itself on key issues facing the government. Commentators are weighing how firmly Europe should respond to Beijing.
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Karl Lauterbach, Germany's former health minister and prominent Social Democrat, is among the most searched names in Germany right now. No specific new event about him is confirmed from the available reports, which instead focus on broader Berlin coalition politics, including Boris Pistorius rejecting a red-red-green alliance. Interest in Lauterbach appears tied to ongoing German political developments.
- 3Calls grow for SPD to leave coalition with Merz's Union●@ dab Die # spd muss raus aus der Koalition. Die # union ist ein totes Pferd, das man nicht mehr reiten sollte. # Pistor
German left-leaning voices are urging the SPD to walk out of its coalition with the Union, calling the CDU/CSU a 'dead horse' no longer worth riding. Discussants name Boris Pistorius or Manuela Schwesig as potential candidates and argue that leaving now is the last chance to stop the AfD, warning that two more years under Friedrich Merz will finish off the Union's credibility.
- 4Ukraine and Germany discuss protecting critical infrastructure●Khmara, Pistorius discuss Ukraine's key needs to protect critical infrastructure Ukrainian Defense Minister Yevhenii Khm
Ukrainian Defense Minister Yevhenii Khmara and German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius held a phone call on Ukraine's key needs to protect critical infrastructure, particularly in Kyiv. Ukraine has faced repeated Russian strikes on its power grid and other infrastructure, making air defence support from partners like Germany a central topic in bilateral talks.