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Friedrich Merz

What's on Friedrich Merz's mind?

read fresh this morning at 6
28%20%14%11%27%
the far-right advance 28% the ban question 20% the secret Baku meeting 14% the Berlin state election 11% everything else 27%
#1
AfD stretches its lead to seven points

Trust in the CDU/CSU is falling faster than he can hold up a firewall.

AfD Widens Poll Lead to Seven Points as Public Trust in CDU/CSU Plummets

The European Conservative · 2026-08-05
our translation

he keeps defending the firewall because taking it down would end him — but his own voters walked through it already, and this poll isn't measuring the afd, it's measuring him

AfD lead widens to seven pointsvery sure · 2 sources
#2
His own vice chancellor wants the AfD ban examined
Vice chancellor calls for ban reviewpretty sure · 2 sources
#3
The Baku back channel becomes a political problem
Baku channel resurfaces in printhonestly, a hunch · 2 sources
#4
The far left is leading the Berlin poll
Far left tops Berlin pre-election pollpretty sure · 1 source
thursday, august 6
Defend the firewall again, with a straight face(safe bet)
Field the AfD-ban question without ever saying yes(reported)
Ask, calmly, who authorised the Baku back channel(reported)
Read the Berlin numbers before anyone else brings them up(safe bet)

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

The source

Merz clings to a firewall his own voters have abandoned

news.google.com · 2026-08-06

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