Overview
- Markus Lanz on ZDF, which aired Tuesday, focused on SPD losses and the federal response to the US‑Israeli strike on Iran.
- ZDF named Katarina Barley, Robin Alexander, Ali Fathollah‑Nejad and Elmar Theveßen as the Tuesday guests discussing party fallout and the Iran conflict.
- ARD’s Maischberger the same night examined high energy prices in Germany and the state of the US economy and ties with Europe with Katrin Göring‑Eckardt, Johannes Winkel and Martin Richenhagen.
- For Wednesday, ARD scheduled a Maischberger edition on social‑state reform and German foreign policy with Ralf Stegner, Bernd Baumann and Rüdiger von Fritsch.
- ZDF also listed a Wednesday Lanz panel with Manfred Weber, Eva Quadbeck, Nico Lange and Ofer Waldman to assess the Middle East war and transatlantic relations.