{"id":7136,"date":"2026-06-18T03:25:27","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T00:25:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/?p=7136"},"modified":"2026-06-18T03:25:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T00:25:27","slug":"what-merz-should-learn-from-walter-ulbricht-on-nius-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/what-merz-should-learn-from-walter-ulbricht-on-nius-live\/","title":{"rendered":"What Merz Should Learn from Walter Ulbricht on NIUS Live"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The program will tackle several major developments commanding attention across Germany, according to <em>Nius<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Among the topics to be addressed is a striking comparison made by Berlin-based journalist <strong>Gabor Steingart<\/strong>, who has likened German Chancellor candidate <strong>Friedrich Merz<\/strong> to <strong>Walter Ulbricht<\/strong>, the former communist leader of East Germany. The comparison has sparked considerable debate in political circles.<\/p>\n<p>The broadcast will also examine the troubling rise in criminal behavior among 12-year-olds in Germany, which has reignited national discussion about lowering the age of criminal responsibility. Current German law sets the threshold at 14 years of age, but growing concerns about youth crime are prompting calls for reform.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u2063\ud83c\udf99\ufe0fDiskussion um Absenkung der Strafm\u00fcndigkeit entfacht I NIUS Live am Abend vom 17.06.2026\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kIhZacVit2k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Sports fans will also be looking ahead to the evening&#8217;s high-stakes World Cup clash between England and Croatia, featuring stars <strong>Harry Kane<\/strong> and <strong>Luka Modri\u0107<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The NIUS Live evening edition airs at 6 PM, as <em>Nius<\/em> reports, and will be available via live stream. The program is part of NIUS&#8217;s regular schedule of morning and evening broadcasts covering breaking news and political analysis from a conservative perspective.<\/p>\n<p>Previous recent episodes have covered topics ranging from commentary on the German public broadcaster ZDF, controversial prayers sparking national debate, and analysis of <strong>Alice Weidel&#8217;s<\/strong> speeches explaining the Alternative for Germany party&#8217;s polling strength near 30 percent.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:right\"><em>With information from <a href=\"https:\/\/nius.de\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nius<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NIUS will host a live broadcast featuring historian Rainer Zitelmann and Vadim Derksen discussing topics including a controversial Merz-Ulbricht comparison and rising youth crime in Germany.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":7135,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[122],"tags":[7210,297,25,7207,393,7208,7176,7209],"nfg_topic":[134],"class_list":["post-7136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-criminal-responsibility-age","tag-friedrich-merz","tag-germany","tag-nius-live","tag-politics","tag-rainer-zitelmann","tag-walter-ulbricht","tag-youth-crime","nfg_topic-europe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7136"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7305,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7136\/revisions\/7305"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7136"},{"taxonomy":"nfg_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/nfg_topic?post=7136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}