10:49 (08:49)⇢Merz Government Under Fire
⌨German media largely focuses on the Bundestag's general debate, where Chancellor Merz's new government faces sharp criticism over its first budget, deemed financially unsustainable by some (Spiegel). Opposition leaders, notably AfD's Alice Weidel and the Greens' Katharina Dröge, have attacked Merz, accusing him of policy setbacks and a "declaration of bankruptcy" on climate (FR, Sueddeutsche, Tagesspiegel, merkur.de, Zeit). Concurrently, a terror suspect was arrested in North Rhine-Westphalia (WAZ).