Overview
- The program aired Thursday at 23:15 on ZDF, with the episode available shortly after broadcast in the ZDF-Mediathek.
- Guests were Kevin Kühnert, political scientist Peter Neumann of King’s College London, and Rheinische Post journalist Kerstin Münstermann.
- Kühnert detailed his withdrawal from day-to-day politics in autumn 2024 and his new role as a lobbyist for alternative financial policy.
- Neumann outlined the contours of the new U.S. security strategy, its implications for Europe, and the growing risk populism poses to democratic systems.
- Münstermann discussed pressures in top-level politics and changes in Germany’s political culture, noting the gap Kühnert’s departure created.