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Friedrich Merz

What's on Friedrich Merz's mind?

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the cabinet reshuffle 27% the EU budget fight 18% · newFrei takes the faction 11% the far-right advance 9% · neweverything else 35%
#1
The fresh start that fell apart inside a week

The reshuffle was meant to reset his government; instead DW, France 24 and Le Monde are all using the word rebellion.

Germany's Merz under fire over chaotic reshuffle

France 24 · 2026-07-29
our translation

he rearranged the furniture hoping nobody would notice the house is smoking — now his own party is idly discussing who gets the keys next

backlash coverage into a third dayvery sure · 5 sources
#2
Cut the EU budget by 'several hundred billion'
new — wants a budget pact by late 2026very sure · 4 sources
#3
His man Frei gets the faction with 91.9%
elected Wednesday, first loyalty test aheadvery sure · 3 sources
#4
'We are not satisfied with 22-24%'
new — AfD leads before key state electionpretty sure · 3 sources
friday, july 31
Call Rabat about the Ceuta arrivals before Madrid does(reported)
Find four MPs willing to say the reshuffle went fine(safe bet)
Rehearse the budget line: 'several hundred billion'(reported)
One more chapter of the papal thriller, guilt-free(safe bet)

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

The source

Germany's Merz demands Morocco 'take back illegal migrants immediately' from Spain's Ceuta

news.google.com · 2026-07-31

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