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"You can't shoot against Bas yourself and then blame the CDU for the resignation." CDU member Tilman Kuban (39) recalled that Schwesig herself had sharply criticized the pension reform presented by Bas together with Merz, and wrote on X to the "dear Social Democrats": "You can't shoot against Bas yourself and then blame the CDU for the resignation." #KanzlerMerz #SPDVorwürfe #Rentenreform (translated)

"Ms. Schwesig should recognize that she has completely lost her way and apologize." CDU member of the Bundestag Christoph Ploß (41) described Schwesig's accusations to the "Rheinische Post" as "a nasty foul" and demanded: "Ms. Schwesig should recognize that she has completely lost her way and apologize." #KanzlerMerz #SPDVorwürfe #Rentenreform (translated)

"In this ministry lies the pension reform, in this ministry lies the reform of the labor market, all legislative proposals that we agreed upon on July 1 regarding these topics. The reform of the pension insurance – we received the proposals on June 22. Today is October 13." Chancellor Merz, however, remained unfazed by all of this during his appearance at the Federal Association of Employers and instead summed it up soberly: #KanzlerMerz #SPDVorwürfe #Rentenreform (translated)

"We explicitly did not express any criticism of her and her house during Katherina Reiche's illness in the summer, so we would have liked this from Bärbel Bas and her house now as well." Thus, SPD leader Lars Klingbeil (48) renewed his criticism in the SPD parliamentary group meeting, based on BILD information, that the Union did not take enough consideration of the death in Bärbel Bas's family. #KanzlerMerz #SPDVorwürfe #Rentenreform (translated)