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Friedrich Merz

What's on Friedrich Merz's mind?

read fresh this morning at 6
24%20%16%12%28%
talk of replacing him 24% the explosive drone 20% the fake resignation video 16% the crowds chanting ‘Merz must go’ 12% · neweverything else 28%
#1
The CDU starts saying the quiet part in public

Party unrest and open replacement speculation, five weeks out from regional elections.

CDU unrest raises doubts over Merz’s future as chancellor

Harici · 2026-08-07
our translation

nobody has challenged him yet, which is exactly the problem — the longer the whispering runs unpunished, the more it counts as a poll. he needs one loyal state result to make the question go away.

CDU rebellion talk before regional electionspretty sure · 3 sources
#2
A drone with explosives, a plane from Ukraine, an emergency meeting
Security meeting held over airport dronevery sure · 4 sources
#3
Somebody made a video of him quitting. It travelled.
Storm-1516 clip spread across European outletsvery sure · 3 sources
#4
Thousands in the street with one very short slogan
new — Thousands protested over the weekendpretty sure · 2 sources
sunday, august 9
Ask what the drone briefing produced besides another briefing(reported)
Ring the CDU state chairs before they ring each other(safe bet)
Let the agencies debunk the fake clip; say nothing about it(reported)
Get the real crowd count before someone quotes a bigger one(reported)

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 · 2026-08-09

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