---- The entire program in the ARD media library: https://www.ardmediathek.de/video/mai... The party chairman of the CDU and candidate for chancellor of the Union Friedrich Merz speaks with Sandra Maischberger about the heating law, citizens' allowance and security policy. Merz has clearly critical words for Lindner's statement that we need to dare to be more Musk or Milei, he is impressed by "the power to disrupt". Merz on this: "To be honest, I was completely appalled that Christian Lindner made this comparison." 00:00 Welcome & intro 01:10 About Lindner's comments about Milei 02:20 Reform of the debt brake conceivable for Merz? 09:00 Abolish citizens' allowance? 10:30 CDU wants to correct heating law 13:55 About Söder, the AfD, the black-green coalition and Merkel 19:00 About the migration crisis 22:45 About Scholz's accusation that he gave Putin an ultimatum? 27:40 German peacekeepers in Ukraine? Merz stresses that he wants to stick to the debt brake. The current problems can be solved without having to change the debt brake, explains Merz. At the same time, when asked about a possible reform in the future, he says: "I have gotten into the habit of never saying never in politics." In addition, if Merz wins the federal election, he wants to reinstate the previous building energy law - but with new transition periods. The aim is to correct the law and "bring it back to its original state," says Merz. This is a normal process: "You then write new transition periods into it. You also have to give people the chance to shape the transition sensibly." However, Merz also admits that reversing the heating law would mean "the end of oil and gas heating," "but within a foreseeable period of time." At the same time, Merz did not rule out a black-green coalition. The decisive factor is "what we write in a possible coalition agreement. And that is where we need a change in Germany's economic policy," said the CDU leader. "With or without Habeck - that is something Habeck has to decide if he is still in the party." Merz vehemently rejects Chancellor Scholz's accusation that he gave Russian President Putin a 24-hour ultimatum in the Bundestag in October and is playing "Russian roulette" with Germany's security - he did not say that: "I said that we should give Ukraine a chance to say to the Russian side, for example: 'If the bombing of the civilian population, infrastructure, energy does not stop, then the ranges will be used, except for military targets in Russia. And if that still does not stop, then Ukraine should be enabled - just as the British, the French, the Americans do - to use these cruise missiles from Germany too'." Friedrich Merz sharply criticizes Annalena Baerbock's speculations about the use of German soldiers to ensure peace in Ukraine - he considers such speculation to be irresponsible at this point in time. He emphasizes that all parties agree on their goal: "We are all wrestling with the question of how to end this war." The entire broadcast from December 4, 2024 can be found here: https://www.ardmediathek.de/video/mai... All broadcasts in the ARD media library: https://www.ardmediathek.de/sendung/m... Also guests were: Andrij Melnyk (former Ukrainian ambassador to Germany) Giovanni di Lorenzo (Die Zeit) Dagmar Rosenfeld (Media Pioneer) Laura Kipfelsberger (journalist) Twitter: / maischberger #talk #maischberger #Wirtschaft #Heizungsgsetz #Bürgergeld #Ukraine #Russland