09:00 Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul, later Development Minister Reem Alabali-Radovan at the Berlin Foreign Policy Forum, DBB Forum, Berlin
09:00 European Parliament on toy safety, strengthening Europol in the fight against smuggling gangs, EU programme to strengthen the defence industry, as well as approval of the appointment of CDU politician and chair of the European Union Group Daniel Caspary as member of the European Court of Auditors, Strasbourg
09:15 Justice Minister Stefanie Hubig on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, Berlin
09:30 Chancellor Friedrich Merz on inaugural visit to Hamburg, participation in the Senate meeting, later visit to the Handwerkshof Meistermeile, Hamburg
09:45 Vice-President of the Bundestag Omid Nouripour welcomes the Chair of the Center for Civil Liberties, Oleksandra Matviichuk, Reichstag Building, Berlin
09:50 Economics Minister Katherina Reiche, later Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil, Digital Minister Karsten Wildberger, Labour Minister Bärbel Bas and Chancellor Friedrich Merz at Employers’ Day, BCC, Berlin
10:00 Bundestag budget week with the individual budgets for Federal President, Bundestag, Bundesrat as well as Finance, Economic Affairs/Energy, Environment/Climate Protection, Education/Family and Digital Affairs, Berlin
10:00 President of the European Council António Costa and President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen on the second day of the EU-Africa summit, Luanda, Angola
10:30 Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier at the lighting of the Christmas tree in front of Bellevue Palace, accompanied by Advent carols sung by pupils from the Miriam Makeba Primary School Berlin, Berlin
10:30 State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Justice Eva Schmierer on “The measures of the Federal Ministry of Justice to defend the rule of law” on the occasion of the symposium “Defending the Rule of Law” of the German-Japanese Lawyers’ Association, Tokyo, Japan
12:15 President of the Bundestag Julia Klöckner welcomes Estonia’s Speaker of Parliament Lauri Hussar, Reichstag Building, Berlin
13:30 Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection Rita Schwarzelühr-Sutter at the Municipal Climate Conference, Berlin
13:45 Research Minister Dorothee Bär at the InnoNation Festival of the Federation of German Industries, Radialsystem V, Berlin
14:00 Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier welcomes UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk, Bellevue Palace, Berlin
14:30 Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul welcomes Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi, Federal Foreign Office, Berlin
15:00 Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil presents a special postage stamp in honour of Margot Friedländer, Federal Ministry of Finance, Berlin
15:45 Transport Minister Patrick Schnieder and Saxony-Anhalt’s Minister-President Reiner Haseloff at the handover of the funding decision for the operation of the technology platform for electricity-based fuels in Leuna, Federal Transport Ministry, Berlin
16:00 Video consultations of the coalition of the willing on the US peace plan
18:00 Chancellor Friedrich Merz delivers the laudation at the 2025 German SME Award of the MIT for Queen Silvia of Sweden; Digital Minister Karsten Wildberger for the Initiative for an Effective State: Julia Jäkel, Thomas de Maizière, Peer Steinbrück, Andreas Voßkuhle; Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul for the Ukrainian people – represented by Ambassador Oleksii Makeiev; as well as Jury Chair Jana Schimke for Proxima Fusion, Allianz Forum, Berlin