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ÖRR Hammer! Merz Minister Wants to Abolish ZDF in Today's Form

Summary by derwesten.de
Public service broadcasting could face a profound reform. Does the Merz government want the cut out for the ZDF?

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Minister of State for Culture Wolfram Weimer talks about the privatisation of ZDF and the dissolution of smaller ARD events. The AfD praises the advance, the SPD is outraged.

·Düsseldorf, Germany
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Minister of State Wolfram Weimer proposes a radical reform of the public service broadcasting system. Accordingly, the ZDF should be privatized and several ARD-organs merged. However, the decision-making authority lies with the federal states.

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Public service broadcasting could face a profound reform. Does the Merz government want the cut out for the ZDF?

·Essen, Germany
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Wolfram Weimer talked about the privatisation of ZDF and the dissolution of smaller ARD events. The Broadcasting Commission of the countries does not want to put any of these issues on its agenda.

·Berlin, Germany
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Minister of State Wolfram Weimer questions the public-law system. He also mentions very concrete proposals.

·Berlin, Germany
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Wolfram Weimer thinks about the future of ARD and ZDF. The ARD can be reduced and the ZDF privatized, he says. Is that something new?

·Frankfurt, Germany
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Sueddeutsche Zeitung broke the news in Munich, Germany on Tuesday, September 15, 2026.
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