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Friedrich Merz

What's on Friedrich Merz's mind?

read fresh this morning at 6
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the Berlin Pride attack 33% the cabinet reshuffle 22% the crackdown he's promising 14% · newthe transport minister's exit 10% · neweverything else 21%
#1
One dead at Berlin Pride, and the chancellor asks the country for calm

Merz calls the car-ramming "an attack on our society" and tells Germans not to let it divide or intimidate them.

Merz: An attack on our society

deutschland.de · 2026-07-26
our translation

he knows the country wants a culprit and a category by tonight — he is buying forty-eight hours of unity before the fight over who is to blame swallows everything else he wanted this week to be about

Suspect killed, chancellor addressed the nationvery sure · 4 sources
#2
The reshuffle widens again — now the CDU has a new general secretary
General secretary named as reshuffle deepensvery sure · 4 sources
#3
"We will hunt them down": Merz promises a political answer to Berlin
new — Clampdown calls the day after the attackpretty sure · 4 sources
#4
Schnieder asks to be dismissed; Bilger is lined up to take the wheel
new — Schnieder out, Bilger proposed as successorvery sure · 4 sources
monday, july 27
Press the interior ministry on how Berlin's security failed(reported)
Get Bilger's name in front of cabinet before the week moves(reported)
Say "we will not be intimidated" at least twice more today(safe bet)
Check the latest AfD numbers before the regional campaigns(safe bet)

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

The source

Friedrich Merz condemns lax German security before Pride attack

news.google.com · 2026-07-27

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