Return of Merz and Minister and re -prepared – DW – 09/30/2025

Dresseden Higher Regional Court has given a convict in the trial of a former colleague in a former colleague trial for Germany (AFD) politician Maximilian Krha on alleged espionage for China.

The court found that a German citizen, Gian ji, was passed on his time from his time at the European Parliament office of Krha between 2019 and 2024. He collected data on AFD leaders and monitored Chinese dissatisfaction.

In his final statement, Jian ji denied the allegations, saying that he had never worked for Chinese intelligence information. His lawyer acquitted one, while prosecutors had asked for seven and a half years.

His alleged partner, Jackie X., admitted to sharing logistics data from Leapzig Airport, but denied knowledge of espionage. He gets suspended for one year and nine months.

Krha Himafale has to face a separate investigation in bribery and money laundering related to Chinese payment. Hey testified in the court that he was unaware of his colleague’s spy or membership of the Communist Party.

Nearly five months after taking the oath, the conservative social democrats federal cabinet is making its first comeback, expecting a rocky start after a rocky start.

The two -day meeting at Villa Borsig on Lake Tegel in Northwest Berlin is mainly ready to focus on bureaucracy cut and improving the competition of the German economy.

Conservative Chancellor Frederick Merz preceded before retreat, “The companies are supported against the wall in some cases or standing with a leg on the shore. So we have to give delivery results quickly here.”

After a short time in the office, satisfaction with the ruling alliance of Centerrigt CDU/CSU BLOC and Center-Life Social Democrats (SPD) has decreased a record.

On Wednesday, the government plans to adopt a modernization agenda for the state and administration, which will cut the cost of the bureaucracy 25%, or € 16 billion (about $ 19 billion), partially reducing the level of federal employees by up to 8%.

The previous “traffic-light” alliance organized its cabinet retreat at Messburg Palace 70 km north of Berlin. There, the center-top social democrats, green and business-centered free democrats repeatedly ply to the son to resume the son only to quarrel.

Unlike Messburg, Merz and his 17 ministers will not live overnight in the campus. Nevertheless, a social element is planned: after the day’s program ends, they will share dinner together.

Auspicious day From DW’s news room on the banks of Rhine in Bonn.

You include us as German Chainman Frederick Merz and their cabinet-the alliance of their orthodox CDU and the central-metamorous SPD-Hed for a two-day retreat. Objective? To patch things and reconstruct some team’s spirit after an unstable start.

A two-day gate-one as well as a strict house on Tegle Lake in North Western Berlin is being held in Villa Borsig.

The main focus is to trim the famous heavy bureaucracy of Germany and find ways to make the economy more competitive.

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