09:30 SPD leader Lars Klingbeil visits the Schwenninger Wild Wings ice hockey club together with the state election candidate, Villingen-Schwenningen
10:00 Chancellor Friedrich Merz concludes his trip through the Gulf region in the United Arab Emirates
10:00 Left Party leader Ines Schwerdtner, Left Party finance policy spokesperson Christian Görke, Left Party parliamentary group leader in Saxony-Anhalt Eva von Angern, and DIW economist Stefan Bach on potential additional tax revenues from reactivating the wealth tax, Berlin
10:30 Agriculture Minister Alois Rainer at the CDU Future Forum on Agriculture, Salzkotten-Scharmede
10:30 Education Minister Karin Prien visits the Dieter Schwarz Foundation’s education campus, Heilbronn
11:30 Economy Minister Katherina Reiche visits the Tubulis laboratory, Planegg
12:00 Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport (BMV) Ulrich Lange at the groundbreaking ceremony for the corridor renovation Nuremberg–Regensburg, Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz
19:00 Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier at the opening ceremony of the 2026 Olympic Winter Games, Milan
19:00 Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul at the New Year’s reception of the CDU district association Schleswig-Flensburg, Silberstedt
19:00 Agriculture Minister Alois Rainer at Fastnacht in Franken, Veitshöchheim
20:00 Minister of State for Culture Wolfram Weimer at the Semper Opera Ball, Dresden
Saturday
10:00 Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier visits the Olympic Village, Milan
14:00 SPD leaders Bärbel Bas and Lars Klingbeil at the annual kick-off retreat of the SPD party executive under the motto “Writing the Future Together,” Willy Brandt House, Berlin
Sunday
08:00 Parliamentary elections in Thailand
08:00 Partial repeat election for the President of Republika Srpska, Banja Luka
08:00 Runoff election for the presidency in Portugal
08:00 Parliamentary elections in Japan
12:00 Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier visits the women’s alpine skiing competitions, followed later by biathlon events, Venice