Overview
- Maischberger’s March 18 ARD edition is split into segments on U.S. free‑speech disputes, Germany’s migration and government performance, and the Iran war with NATO’s role, featuring Salman Rushdie, Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt and military scholar Carlo Masala.
- Markus Lanz on March 17 centers on the Iran conflict, weighing possible German responses and legal issues with guests including Roderich Kiesewetter, Kristina Dunz, Bente Scheller, Gerald Knaus and energy expert Frank Umbach.
- Discussions on Lanz examine potential new migration flows and energy‑security risks tied to the Strait of Hormuz, alongside the impact on regional power dynamics and Iran’s civilian population.
- Maischberger’s March 17 program pairs debate on high fuel prices and risks to Germany’s economy with Europe’s security policy and transatlantic relations, joined by Schleswig‑Holstein economics minister Claus Ruhe Madsen, Infineon chair Herbert Diess and analyst Claudia Major.
- The sustained focus began March 16 on Maischberger with panels on the wars in Iran and Ukraine and on Germany’s welfare state, and all episodes air late at night on ARD or ZDF with free streams and Mediathek replays.