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According to the ARD capital studio, Alexander Schweitzer is to become the new Federal Minister of Labor. He succeeds Bärbel Bas, who had recently resigned from her position following the death of her stepdaughter.

The SPD co-chair and Labor Minister Bärbel Bas announced her resignation on Monday. She cited mourning for her deceased stepdaughter as well as sharp public attacks from within the Union's ranks as reasons.

Nine agriculture and consumer protection ministers from the CDU and CSU declared their rejection of a sugar tax in a letter to Chancellor Friedrich Merz. They point to the coalition agreement, which relies on voluntary and personal responsibility for healthy eating, and warn of economic consequences for agriculture due to rising costs for fertilizer and diesel.

Bärbel Bas has surprisingly announced her resignation as SPD co-chair and Federal Minister of Labor. She justifies this with the death of her stepdaughter and the need to take time to grieve. She also criticizes public attacks, including from the ranks of the coalition partner, which were further promoted during this difficult time. However, she retains her Bundestag mandate.

Bärbel Bas is resigning as co-chair of the SPD and as Federal Minister of Labor and Social Affairs with immediate effect after announcing the death of her stepdaughter. She cites public attacks, including from the ranks of her coalition partner, as another reason for her withdrawal.

In a joint statement, US senators from both parties described President Trump's planned lifting of the import ban on Russian energy sources as unlawful and called for an immediate course correction as this contradicts the law passed in 2022 that is intended to prevent Russia's war against Ukraine from being financed.