A new poll for Bild am Sonntag newspaper revealed that more than two-thirds of Germans expect one of the country's state premiers to come from the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party by next year. Meanwhile, Germany's center-left Social Democrats (SPD) continues to push for tax cuts for low-income groups, despite resistance from its main coalition partner, the conservative CDU/CSU alliance. And on the international front, Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz will accompany Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for peace talks with US President Donald Trump.