Markus Lanz talks on ZDF from Tuesday to Thursday. Photo: Markus Hertrich/ZDF/dpa
Markus Lanz welcomes various guests on his talk show from Tuesday to Thursday. Who’s with us today?
In his talk show of the same name, Markus Lanz discusses Wednesday evening with his guests late at night, among other things Disagreement of the traffic lights on the EU supply chain law and that SPD polls low. The topic is also: Economic policy of the traffic light government.
These are the topics and guests February 7th at 11:00 p.m. on ZDF:
- Kevin Kühnert, SPD General Secretary – He comments on the disagreement over the traffic lights on the EU supply chain law, on budget policy and on Olaf Scholz, who is also criticized within the party for his leadership style.
- Daniel Sturm, Journalist – The head of the capital office of the “Tagesspiegel” speaks about the decline in membership and the low polls of the SPD as well as about the future of social democracy in Germany.
- Veronika Grimm, economist – The economic policy of the traffic light government is classified as one of the five economic methods. “The ongoing lazy compromises only make people more dissatisfied,” she says.
- Martina Nighswonger, entrepreneur – The head of the Palatinate chemical company “Gechem” talks about the situation of medium-sized companies in Germany and about business risks as a result of excessive bureaucracy.
ZDF media library: Lanz today
Background: Germany will not agree to the planned EU supply chain law, as Federal Labor Minister Hubertus Heil (SPD) announced in Berlin on Tuesday. He blamed the FDP for this. Heil criticized him and accused his coalition partner of an “ideologically motivated blockade” in making compromises and solutions until the end, but the Free Democrats were not prepared to go along with this solution.
In contrast to the SPD and the Greens, Finance Minister Christian Linder and Justice Minister Marco Buschmann (both FDP) had long signaled resistance because they feared disadvantages for the German economy. Because of this attitude, the Free Democrats within the traffic light coalition were criticized – but the federal government will now have to abstain. “I think that’s wrong,” emphasized Heil. A German abstention would be met with incomprehension among its European partners.
Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (Greens) has criticized the FDP’s call for Germany to abstain from the vote on the EU supply chain law. “If we break our word once given in Brussels, we will lose trust,” she said in Berlin on Wednesday. She accused the coalition partner of a lack of respect for the EU institutions that negotiated the compromise for the law. This damages “our reliability as a partner and our weight in Europe,” said Baerbock.
The European supply chain law is intended to hold large companies accountable if they profit from child or forced labor outside the EU. However, a German abstention could cause the entire set of regulations to fail because the necessary majority in Brussels is in jeopardy.
Markus Lanz’s talk show has been broadcast on ZDF since 2008. The South Tyrolean native’s broadcast is from Tuesday to Thursday recorded in a Hamburg television studio and broadcast late in the evening on ZDF – often with a time delay, sometimes live. The broadcast time is usually 11:15 p.m. – but can vary depending on the supporting program. The Lanz videos are available in the ZDF media library.