Former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder turns 80 years old on Friday. SPD General Secretary Kevin Kühnert is expected at a ceremony in Bremen today.
Andreas Scheuer is receiving criticism again for leaving the Bundestag in these days of all days. The Maddie case is causing an international stir for another reason, namely because of the alleged connection to a globally known criminal case: Christian B. B. is suspected of murdering Madeleine McCann, known as "Maddie", from Great Britain.