Overview
- Maybrit Illner, airing Thursday at 22:15 on ZDF, takes up “Land in Not, Merz in Nöten – Reform‑Chaos statt Wirtschaftswunder?” with Kevin Kühnert, Wolfgang Kubicki, Johannes Winkel, DIHK chief Helena Melnikov and journalist Melanie Amann.
- Markus Lanz turns to security and war topics with former Finnish PM Sanna Marin, NATO analyst Florence Gaub, military expert Claudia Major and ARD Kyiv correspondent Susanne Petersohn.
- ARD confirms that Caren Miosga will interview Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Sunday, May 3, to assess his first year in office and his stalled agenda on taxes, pensions and health policy.
- Earlier in the week, ARD’s Maischberger on Tuesday, April 28, weighed relief measures and planned reforms, then examined the assassination attempt on Donald Trump and the Iran war with John Bolton and economist Rüdiger Bachmann.
- Recent Lanz episodes reviewed Germany’s role in the Iran conflict and the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, then shifted to Budget 2027 and strains inside the CDU–SPD coalition.