Overview
- Minister-President Hendrik Wüst accepted Paul's resignation and appointed Green parliamentary leader Verena Schäffer the same morning, framing the move as a fresh start for the coalition.
- Media and inquiry disclosures showed Paul asked about her ministry’s involvement by SMS the day after the 2024 attack, a message that was not included in records initially provided to lawmakers.
- Telephone logs indicated she was unreachable for about 48 hours after the stabbings, and she later acknowledged that earlier public communication would have been better.
- Opposition parties SPD and FDP accuse the ministry of withholding documents and demand full access to chat communications as the parliamentary investigation continues.
- The attacker, Issa Al Hasan, a rejected Syrian asylum seeker whose planned Dublin transfer to Bulgaria failed in 2023, has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a German court.