Bärbel Bas
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Oct 12, 2026
Vanessa PhelanCORRESPONDENT
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's government faced new turbulence today when a key minister from its junior coalition partner unexpectedly quit and criticized attacks from the Chancellor's party.
Vanessa PhelanCORRESPONDENT
The resignation of Berbel Bas of the centre-left SPD comes amid tensions within the government as the coalition struggles to agree welfare reforms, Mercer's poll ratings languish and the far-right AFD's popularity soars.
Vanessa PhelanCORRESPONDENT
And the European Union has warned digital platforms against showing a planned live-stream execution of the perpetrator of a mass killing in the United States.
Vanessa PhelanCORRESPONDENT
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and the Pentagon put forward a plan to broadcast the death by firing squad of Nidal Hassan, a U.S. Army psychiatrist who shot dead 13 people in an al-Qaeda-inspired attack at a military base in 2009.
speaker_3CORRESPONDENT
Investors were also encouraged by a decline in Eurozone government bond yields, which typically improves appetite for riskier assets such as equities.
speaker_3CORRESPONDENT
In Germany, markets were monitoring the political implications of the resignation of Labor Minister Bärbel Bas.
speaker_2CORRESPONDENT
The resignation of Bärbel Bas is also relevant for the stock market, not only because, as SPD co-chair, she represented the party's left wing alongside Lars Klingbeil and, as labor minister, played a key role in shaping the government's reform agenda.
speaker_2CORRESPONDENT
She was also seen as a guarantor of stability within the SPD.
speaker_2CORRESPONDENT
We now have to wait and see who will permanently replace Bärbel Bas, or whether Lars Klingbeil will continue as the party's sole leader while also handling government business.
speaker_2CORRESPONDENT
That remains to be seen.
speaker_2CORRESPONDENT
For now, it is a source of uncertainty, and that is not being viewed positively.
speaker_0HOST
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speaker_1HOST
Germany's labor minister steps aside as coalition faces difficult reforms.
speaker_0HOST
Germany's labor minister, Bärbel Bas, has announced her resignation as Social Democratic Party co-chair and requested dismissal from Chancellor Friedrich Merz's government.
speaker_0HOST
Citing the death of her stepdaughter and continuing public attacks, Bas intends to remain in parliament.
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Her departure comes as Germany's governing coalition negotiates contentious changes to pensions, employment rules, and working hours.