08:42⇢Wissing's FDP Exit: Minister Without a Party
⌨The newspapers report extensively on the latest developments in Germany's political crisis. Transport Minister Volker Wissing has left the FDP but intends to remain in his ministerial position (FAZ, FR, RP Online, Spiegel, Stuttgarter Zeitung). Chancellor Scholz plans to appoint Jörg Kukies as the new Finance Minister (FAZ). The CDU, led by Friedrich Merz, is demanding that Scholz face a vote of confidence as early as next week, rather than in January as proposed (WAZ, Zeit, merkur.de). Meanwhile, polls in Saxony-Anhalt show a significant shift in voter preferences, with the AfD gaining support (Junge Freiheit).