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The deal between Trump and Putin calls for the release of an initial 300,000 tons of Russian diesel for the US and the global market, followed by another 1.5 million tons starting in November. The Kremlin lifted an export ban and initially released 500,000 tons. Trump announced lower diesel prices, while Zelensky criticized the deal as an investment in war.
The resumption of diesel trade between the USA and Russia is leading to sharp criticism from the Bundestag. US President Donald Trump and Russian ruler Vladimir Putin previously announced a deal that would make it possible to buy Russian fuel again. The CDU, Greens and Left consider the agreement to be a mistake, while the AfD and BSW see it as a role model for the federal government.
On Saturday night, Trump announced an agreement with Putin to open up energy trade. Accordingly, in the first step, 300,000 tons of Russian diesel are to be released for the USA and the world market. Around 1.5 million tonnes will follow from November. The Kremlin lifted a corresponding export ban at the weekend and initially released 500,000 tons of diesel, as the Russian state agency Tass reported.
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The federal government will discuss possible countermeasures or relief from energy prices.
Likely · Within weeks
The AfD and BSW will submit a joint proposal to the Magdeburg state parliament to return to Russian oil and gas.
Likely · Within days
Union parliamentary group deputy Günter Krings (CDU) warns against a departure from the previous line of demarcation from the AfD and criticizes the term “firewall” as being poorly chosen. He emphasizes that cooperation with the AfD is incompatible with the CDU's basic values. He also expresses doubts about the fairness of the current retirement age of 64.5 years and argues that mainly healthy and well-provided people would benefit from it.

Friedrich Merz is supposedly presenting the results of the CDU presidential retreat, while at the same time criticism is coming from the party, the Federal Constitutional Court is negotiating inheritance tax and political developments are being discussed in Berlin and New York.
Dennis Radtke, head of the CDU social wing CDA, warns of a loss of social acceptance of the CDU's reform course and sees this as a driver for the AfD. He criticizes the health care reform as an austerity program, assesses the pension reform positively and calls on Chancellor Merz to correct course. Radtke complains about the CDU's thematic narrowing and warns of further polarization of society.
After the state elections in the east and in Berlin, the federal government is under pressure. Markus Söder emphasizes the need for a common political goal, criticizes the AfD as “brutally right-wing” and calls for clear consequences for Union MPs who vote differently. Christoph Werner and Julia Löhr discuss economic growth, national debt and political reforms.

CSU leader Markus Söder has called on Union MPs who vote for the AfD to publicly resign from the party after AfD candidate Tobias Rausch was elected state parliament president in Saxony-Anhalt. He warned of instability in the federal government and emphasized that Friedrich Merz would remain Chancellor while he supported Ilse Aigner's candidacy for Federal President.
Federal Judge Jennifer L. Rochon in New York has granted a lawsuit by Common Cause and others and ordered the government to stop airing Department of Homeland Security commercials funded with public funds for two weeks. The judge saw possible unlawful use of state resources for political propaganda because one spot resembled a Trump 2024 campaign video.