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Friedrich Merz

What's on Friedrich Merz's mind?

read fresh this morning at 6
31%27%12%10%20%
the Berlin Pride attack 31% · newthe cabinet reshuffle 27% the far-right advance 12% · newhis first woman chief of staff 10% everything else 20%
#1
One dead at Berlin Pride, and the chancellor promises justice

A car ploughed into the crowd, 14 hurt, the suspect still at large, and Merz calls it 'an attack on our society.'

Merz condemns 'heinous' Berlin Pride attack amid manhunt for suspect

Yahoo · 2026-07-26
our translation

he needs to sound like a protector, fast, and 'attack on our society' lets him mourn a community his party spent years arguing with.

new — Fatal ramming, suspect still at largevery sure · 4 sources
#2
The reshuffle nobody asked for, weeks before the state elections
Regional elections weeks awayvery sure · 3 sources
#3
Every wire story about his shake-up ends with the same three letters
new — Far-right framing in every wire storypretty sure · 3 sources
#4
Nina Warken gets the keys to the chancellery
Named in the Friday reshufflepretty sure · 3 sources
sunday, july 26
Get the morning briefing on the Berlin Pride manhunt(reported)
Say 'attack on our society' once more, on camera(safe bet)
Confirm the firefighting aircraft actually reached France(reported)
Read the reshuffle coverage, count the AfD mentions, sigh(safe bet)

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

The source

German police hunt suspect in Pride festival car-ramming attack

news.google.com · 2026-07-26

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