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Nach den Landtagswahlen im Osten und in Berlin steht die Bundesregierung unter Druck. Der Koalitionsausschuss bekräftigte die Reformpläne, traf jedoch keine neuen Beschlüsse. Die Bundesregierung prognostiziert für 2026 ein Wachstum von 1,3 Prozent, getragen von Exporten und Infrastrukturinvestitionen.
Nach den Landtagswahlen im Osten und in Berlin steht die Bundesregierung unter erheblichem Druck. Der Koalitionsausschuss beteuerte diese Woche, an den Reformplänen festhalten zu wollen, neue Beschlüsse brachte er allerdings nicht. Hoffnung macht die aktuelle Konjunkturprognose der Bundesregierung, die für 2026 ein Wachstum von 1,3 Prozent sieht – getragen vor allem von Exporten und staatlichen Infrastrukturinvestitionen.
Für viele Unternehmen bleibt die Lage dennoch schwierig. Wie kommt die Regierung aus der Krise?, fragt Miosga in ihrer Sendung am Sonntagabend Markus Söder, den CSU-Chef und Bayerns Ministerpräsidenten. Neben Söder sind der Vorsitzende der Geschäftsführung der Drogeriekette dm, Christoph Werner, und die Ressortleiterin Wirtschaftspolitik bei der FAZ, Julia Löhr, zu Gast.
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Die Grundzüge aller Reformen werden noch 2026 beschlossen.
Possible · Within months
Es wird zu personellen Konsequenzen bei Union-Abgeordneten kommen, die bei Grundsatzfragen anders abstimmen.
Likely · Within weeks

Federal Minister of Justice Stefanie Hubig did not meet the deadline she had set for presenting the draft law on “Building Type E” by the end of July. Three months after the on-site visit in Berlin-Neukölln, the draft is not yet available as internal government coordination between the SPD-led Ministry of Justice and the CDU-led Ministry of Economic Affairs is ongoing. While Construction Minister Ina Scharrenbach from North Rhine-Westphalia and the construction industry are demanding speed, the draft law is stuck in early coordination, which is causing frustration among the states and the real estate industry.
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.
The resumption of diesel trade between the USA and Russia through a deal between Trump and Putin leads to sharp criticism from the CDU, the Greens and the Left in the Bundestag, while the AfD and BSW praise the agreement as a model. Critics warn about financing the war in Ukraine and a lack of relief for consumers, supporters see economic reason and relief with high energy prices.
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.

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.