Chaos in Government Reshuffle: Merz Aims to Pacify CDU Rhineland-Palatinate with Personnel Decision
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's government reshuffle, triggered by the departure of Union parliamentary group leader Jens Spahn, leads to significant personnel changes in the Ministry of Economic Affairs. SME Commissioner Gitta Connemann moves from the Ministry of Economic Affairs to the Ministry of Digital Affairs, replacing Philipp Amthor. Bundestag member Johannes Steiniger, a high school teacher and agricultural policy spokesperson, becomes State Secretary in the Ministry of Economic Affairs. The move is seen as an attempt to pacify the Rhineland-Palatinate CDU after the controversial replacement of Federal Transport Minister Patrick Schnieder. Steiniger, Secretary General of the CDU in Rhineland-Palatinate, is viewed as a bridgehead for the state. The Greens and Left Party criticize the reshuffle, with the Greens seeing it as a weakening of Economic Affairs Minister Katherina Reiche and the Left accusing Merz of weak leadership.
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