Patrick Schnieder is the traffic minister of Germany. He belongs to the party CDU. He wants to leave his job now. He asks chancellor Friedrich Merz for his dismissal.
There is much fight in recent days. The chancellor wants to fire Schnieder. A new man cancels his start before. This brings big chaos to the government.
Schnieder calls this state bad. He says: The train work must not wait. A new minister must come fast. Many politicians blame the chancellor.
Steffen Bilger shall be the new traffic minister. He is 47 years old. He is also in the CDU. Bilger knows the office well. He is a state secretary before. The new start is on Wednesday.
There are more changes in the government. Nina Warken is the new office minister. Carsten Linnemann is the new health minister. Franziska Hoppermann is the new general secretary of the CDU.