10:00 Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier visits Gamescom, Cologne
10:00 Agriculture Minister Alois Rainer visits a farmers’ market in Duisburg with the Federal Association of Fresh Markets, later visits the largest slaughterhouse, Tönnies slaughterhouse, Rheda-Wiedenbrück
11:30 Hesse’s Minister-President Boris Rhein presents plans for the innovation and defence hub in North Hesse, Kassel
12:00 Chancellor Friedrich Merz hosts a small EU summit on budget planning, Federal Chancellery, Berlin
12:00 Family Minister Karin Prien visits the German-Israeli Summer Camp 2026 on the theme “Creating Hope and Shaping the Future”, Müggelseeperle, Berlin
12:00 Replenishment ship “Berlin” departs for a NATO deployment, Wilhelmshaven
13:00 Commissioner for Eastern Germany Elisabeth Kaiser opens the Spinnereitechnikum, later attends the Jena Digital Summer Summit, Greiz
14:30 Environment Minister Carsten Schneider visits the seal sanctuary in Norddeich
19:00 Family Minister Karin Prien at the celebration marking the 25th anniversary of the Philip Breuel Foundation, Hamburg
20:30 Chancellor Friedrich Merz hosts Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre for a joint dinner, Federal Chancellery, Berlin