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Friedrich Merz

What's on Friedrich Merz's mind?

read fresh this morning at 6
26%18%15%11%30%
the far-right advance 26% · newtalk of replacing him 18% the explosive drone 15% the fake resignation video 11% · neweverything else 30%
#1
AfD hits a record 28%, seven points clear of his conservatives

The party Merz swore he'd halve by governing well is now the biggest in Germany.

Poll: Germany's far-right AfD widens lead over Merz's conservatives

Yahoo · 2026-08-06
our translation

he built the whole chancellorship on 'give me power and the afd shrinks'. the poll is the receipt on that promise and it is not paid.

new — AfD record high, +7 over CDU/CSUvery sure · 3 sources
#2
Berlin's August parlour game: who replaces Merz
CDU unrest now openly reportedpretty sure · 3 sources
#3
Explosive drone found by a Ukrainian plane; the security council convenes
Security council met, Russia protest lodgedvery sure · 3 sources
#4
A Russia-linked crew faked a video of him resigning
new — Storm-1516 blitz, DW logo stolenpretty sure · 3 sources
saturday, august 8
Read the drone forensics brief before it leaks to Bild(reported)
Have the press office pre-bunk the next Storm-1516 clip(reported)
Ring the September campaign chiefs about the 28%(safe bet)
Say nothing at all about who might replace him(safe bet)

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

The source

Germany holds security meeting over explosive drone amid Russia protest

news.google.com · 2026-08-08

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