Ministry (collective executive)

This must not be merely a savings package; we also need structural changes.

— Lars Klingbeil, SPD Finance Minister, during discussions on the balanced federal budget in Mainz.

We will not tolerate any cuts to care benefits.

— Tim Klüssendorf, SPD General Secretary, in a statement ahead of the cabinet meeting on the planned care reform (also distributed via Instagram video).

I exclude a coalition with the AfD.

— Tobias Krull, CDU member of the state parliament, told the Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland (RND) that he rules out a coalition with the AfD.

"irritating"— Lars Klingbeil, commenting on the invitation extended to Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanow for the G20 meeting in Asheville

The unanswered question remains whether minijobs will be further burdened by additional social contributions. If the government recognizes the importance of the indispensable minijobs, there must be a contribution burden that is bearable for employers.

— Dehoga (Hotel and Restaurant Association), as quoted in the article.

Well, no one in this country understands this either. If you speak about it so clearly, it's also a clear critique of our own chancellor. Because I did not decide this alone.

— Lars Klingbeil, Finance Minister and SPD Chairman, in a Deutschlandfunk interview about Katherina Reiche's criticism of the tax reform

I do not intend to work with the AfD here. But it's all about these issues. I am convinced that the AfD does not have the solutions for the future of Saxony-Anhalt.

— MDR Wahl Arena, Sven Schulze (CDU), Minister-President of Saxony-Anhalt, responding to questions about cooperation with the AfD

In our view, the decision raises significant legal questions—especially regarding the evaluation standard and proportionality.

— Voigt's lawyer, commenting on the case.

The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution must become a "real intelligence service" in light of the growing number of cases of espionage, sabotage and attack risks.— Alexander Dobrindt, Federal Minister of the Interior (CSU), regarding the reform and the call for the Verfassungsschutz to become a real intelligence service.

"That Islam has been instrumentalized for this atrocious act fills us with double grief. It is all the more important now to decisively confront extremism and not allow extremists to dictate the interpretation of Islam," is quoted Imam Scharjil Khalid in a statement.— Imam Scharjil Khalid, in a statement

"measured increase"— The German federal government described the planned tobacco tax rise as a measured increase.

People are fallible. Organizations and institutions are fallible. It was fallibility that led to the Ahrtal not being prepared for this catastrophe.

— Gordon Schnieder, Minister-President of Rhineland-Palatinate (CDU), said this at the commemorative event on the anniversary of the flood disaster in the Ahrtal, on the market square in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler.

After Manuel Hagel has filled all his buddies with posts, Cem Özdemir has now also found a little spot with a fantasy title for Boris Palmer. If now all the appointees are called independent councils, there will be no appointees left, but the bureaucracy will still remain.

— SPD parliamentary group leader Sascha Binder reacted with mockery to the appointment.

We must consolidate; there is no way around it.

— Lars Klingbeil, during the presentation of the 2027 budget proposal