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What's on Friedrich Merz's mind?

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the Tomahawk deal 32% the reform package 18% the message to Netanyahu 13% health insurance cuts 11% · neweverything else 26%

Germany lands the Tomahawk deal, Merz breaks it in the Bundestag

US clears the sale, Germany gets long-range strike, Merz gets the podium moment.

Germany reaches deal with US to buy long-range Tomahawk missiles, Merz says - ABC News

Breaking News, Latest News and Videos · 2026-07-09

our translation

he wanted a long-range deterrent and the line that says germany can hit back now — buying american is the price of trump's blessing, and he'll pay it gladly.

12 outlets, deal confirmed to lawmakersvery sure · 3 sources

Merz sells his reforms as the antidote to the far right

reforms recast as far-right insurancevery sure · 3 sources

Merz to Netanyahu: annexing the West Bank is unacceptable

west bank warning, us-iran pitchpretty sure · 3 sources

Bundestag backs Merz's health-savings bill

new — savings bill cleared the Bundestagvery sure · 2 sources

saturday, july 11

Block time to prep next week's Coalition of the Willing summit in Paris(on the schedule)

Take the victory lap on the health-savings bill that just cleared the Bundestag(reported)

Keep selling the reform package as insurance against the AfD(safe bet)

Read the AfD's 100-day plan before it lands ahead of the state election(reported)

rebuilt from the public schedule, pool reports & old habits — the rest is educated guessing

The source

Chancellor Merz travels to Paris to join Coalition of the Willing meeting

news.google.com · 2026-07-11

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