SPD considers pension summit as CDU leadership faces internal attacks
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Matthias Miersch, leader of the SPD parliamentary group, is contemplating a pension summit while issuing a warning to the CDU regarding its approach to reforms. The party is finding itself fighting on two fronts: while the SPD challenges its policy, former minister Horst Seehofer has turned on Friedrich Merz, claiming the leader suffers from a massive loss of credibility.
The internal bickering comes as a Green Party member accused Katherina Reiche of overseeing 150 million euros in overcharges. Meanwhile, Tobias Rausch, a Landtag president, suggested that the AfD has adopted a new strategy of moderation—a shift he claims is more feared by the political establishment than the party’s previous provocations.
Industrial leaders are debating whether artificial intelligence can rescue the manufacturing sector, and heirs are awaiting a court ruling on the future of inheritance tax. In health, new data shows sepsis kills ten people every hour, a mortality rate that remains largely underestimated by the public.