
Podcast on coalition problems, sugar tax stop and the global AI debate
Meckel and Matthes analyze the crisis of the grand coalition, the Union's stop to the sugar tax as well as current existential warnings and regulatory debates surrounding artificial intelligence.
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The federal government argued about care reform and measures such as the sugar tax initiated by the SPD, which was stopped by the Union.
Meckel & Matthes think things aren't going well for the Union and the SPD. Meanwhile, Donald Trump and the AI companies sign a “morally binding” commitment. Seriously?
On Wednesday, the federal government agreed on parts of a nursing care reform. But the coalition partners don't seem to come together on the main lines. Instead, the Union is stopping the sugar tax initiated by the SPD.
Handelsblatt editor-in-chief Sebastian Matthes hears voices from coalition circles that speak of a “mood of doom”. Journalist Miriam Meckel is following the wrangling from the USA and asks whether the People's Party concept is currently coming to an end.
Finally, it’s about the current AI debate. The latest warnings about existence come from Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, while others speak of an “engineering problem”. And there are also those who think that AI companies are now too big to fail. Is there a threat of a new financial crisis?
In the ZDF talk with Markus Lanz, the former CDU top candidate Sven Schulze defends his assumption of the parliamentary group chairmanship after the electoral defeat in Saxony-Anhalt and comments on possible votes with the AfD.
CHP district mayor Mithat Bülent Özmen was arrested in Istanbul. The Ankara public prosecutor's office is investigating him and 27 other people on suspicion of criminal association, bribery and tender manipulation.
BSW parliamentary group deputy Claudia Wittig accuses Left Party leader Eva von Angern of exploiting Nazi crimes for party politics. The reason is a comparison of the AfD candidate Rausch with Hermann Göring before the state elections in Saxony-Anhalt.
The former Federal Minister of Economics Robert Habeck criticizes the self-referentiality of parties and the media in the “Süddeutsche Zeitung”. He also rules out a return to politics.

On October 4th, Brazil will elect a new president. The promising candidates Lula da Silva and Flávio Bolsonaro represent fundamentally different foreign policy courses between the USA, China and Europe.
Before German Unity Day, Bremen's mayor Andreas Bovenschulte emphasized that it is not East and West that divides Germany, but rather the different attitudes towards the Basic Law. Bundestag President Julia Klöckner also emphasizes that unity does not mean equality.