07:30 President of the Bundestag Julia Klöckner visits the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial, followed by meetings with Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana, participation in a Knesset session, and talks with opposition leader Yair Lapid, Jerusalem
09:00 European Parliament on measures to strengthen EU competitiveness and the internal market, reduce the cost of living, and provide financial support for Ukraine, Strasbourg
10:30 Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier receives the foreign ministers of Kazakhstan (Yermek Kosherbayev), Uzbekistan (Bakhtiyor Saidov), Turkmenistan (Rashid Meredov), Kyrgyzstan (Zheenbek Kulubaev), and Tajikistan (Sirojiddin Muhriddin), Bellevue Palace, Berlin
10:30 European Commission presents an action plan on drone security and counter-drone measures, Brussels
11:00 Cabinet meeting on the implementation law for the European AI Act, the Disability Equality Act, and the reform of the Federal Career Ordinance, Federal Chancellery, Berlin
11:30 Agriculture Minister Alois Rainer at the “Milk Summit” on the situation of the dairy market, BMLEH, Berlin
12:30 Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Research Minister Dorothee Bär at the handover of the annual report by the Commission of Experts for Research and Innovation, Federal Chancellery, Berlin
12:30 Health Minister Nina Warken on the further development of digitalization in healthcare and nursing, Federal Ministry of Health (BMG), Berlin
13:00 Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul meets his Central Asian counterparts Rashid Meredov (Turkmenistan), Sirojiddin Muhriddin (Tajikistan), Zheenbek Kulubaev (Kyrgyzstan), Bakhtiyor Saidov (Uzbekistan), and Yermek Kosherbayev (Kazakhstan), Federal Foreign Office, Berlin
13:00 Transport Minister Patrick Schnieder on affordable driver’s licenses, Federal Ministry of Transport (BMV), Berlin
13:00 Development Minister Reem Alabali Radovan at the business conference on the European Global Gateway initiative, House of German Business, Berlin
13:15 European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at the European Industry Summit with EU heads of state and government, Antwerp
14:00 Defence Minister Boris Pistorius at the EU defence ministers’ meeting on EU support for Ukraine, focusing on cooperation in defence innovation; Ukraine’s Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov expected as a guest, Brussels
15:00 Economy Minister Katherina Reiche, Parliamentary State Secretary at BMWE Gitta Connemann, and Saxony-Anhalt Minister-President Sven Schulze visit the company MSG Maschinenbau und Service, Halle
15:30 Agriculture Minister Alois Rainer at the presidium meeting of the German Farmers’ Association and the presidents of the state farmers’ associations, House of Agriculture and Food Industry, Berlin
17:30 Chancellor Friedrich Merz at the European Industry Summit, Antwerp
18:00 Justice Minister Stefanie Hubig at a panel discussion on “Femicide,” Neukölln Town Hall, Berlin