Overview
- Maybrit Illner, which airs Thursday at 10:15 p.m. on ZDF, centers on the question “Abstiegsangst im Land – wann liefert Schwarz‑Rot?”.
- The panel examines pressure on the black‑red coalition after March state elections and a shelved “Autumn of Reforms.”
- Guests include Carsten Linnemann (CDU), Anke Rehlinger (SPD), economist Gabriel Felbermayr, Tübingen mayor Boris Palmer, and journalist Kristina Dunz (RND).
- Debate topics span taxes, pensions, health insurance, and care, with a focus on whether modernization can avoid new losers as people worry about jobs and deindustrialization.
- The long‑running ZDF talk show, produced in Berlin since 1999, will also be available in the ZDF‑Mediathek with a repeat on phoenix the next day.