Financial package in the Bundestag: More money for climate protection than ever before

"The importance of this relationship is obviously evident."— Britta Haßelmann, leader of the Green Party faction, about Robert Habeck's role in the Foreign Affairs Committee.

"There should be no debate about normalizing the AfD."— Dennis Radtke, Chairman of the CDU's Social Wing, speaks out against the normalization of the AfD.

"It is important that we improve the mood in the country by summer. The population must feel that there is a difference when there is a new government."— Friedrich Merz, CDU leader, on the need to strengthen public trust in the new government by summer.

"Whoever normalizes the AfD does not destroy the AfD, but the CDU."— Florian Schroeder in his column about the implications of Jens Spahn's approach to the AfD.

"The man with the St. George ribbon represents the state that bears sole responsibility for these war crimes."— Oleksii Makeiev, Ukrainian Ambassador, regarding the participation of the Russian ambassador in a memorial event.

"Women make up half of the population and we also want, as we sometimes say, not just half the cake, but the whole bakery."— Saskia Esken, SPD chair, in an interview with the German Press Agency, advocating for a gender-balanced representation of SPD members in the new federal cabinet.

"We must have delivered the first things before the summer break."— Jens Spahn comments on the urgency of political measures regarding illegal migration.

"The right to asylum cannot be limited to a specific number of asylum seekers - especially not at a time when more people than ever before are fleeing worldwide."— Oliver Müller, Head of International Affairs, Migration, and Disaster Relief at the German Caritas Association, in response to an inquiry from the KNA news agency.

Everyone who knows me knows it has to fit. Otherwise, it just doesn't make sense.— Carsten Linnemann, explaining his decision not to take a ministerial position.

"The surprise of the distribution of ministries is attributed to the negotiation tactics of party leader Lars Klingbeil."— This statement reflects the SPD's assessment of the distribution of ministries and its reasons.

"For the moment, I am glad about the firewall. Currently, the CDU would still coalition the AfD into the ground."— Benedikt Kaiser comments on the strategic position of the AfD in the political spectrum and the potential risks of collaboration with the CDU.