frozen snapshot — 2026-08-17 · see today →

What's on Friedrich Merz's mind?

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climate in the constitution 21% new powers for the spies 18% confidence at rock bottom 15% · newthe law against insulting politicians 11% · neweverything else 35%

His coalition can't agree whether climate belongs in the constitution

Berlin's governing partners are openly split over putting climate protection into the Basic Law.

Germany's coalition split over putting climate in constitution

Yahoo · 2026-08-17

our translation

he'll take the green halo, not the legal handcuffs — a constitutional clause is an open invitation to judges, and he has seen what karlsruhe does with invitations

Coalition split over Basic Law clausepretty sure · 1 source

Moscow and Beijing are reading his intelligence reform closely

BND and BfV expansion draws foreign scrutinypretty sure · 1 source

The Kremlin has opinions about his approval rating

new — Russian envoy names him Europe's least popularpretty sure · 1 source

Germany reconsiders the law that shields politicians from insults

new — Berlin reopens the insult statutehonestly, a hunch · 1 source

monday, august 17

Ask the SPD what a climate clause would actually let judges order(reported)

Read the intelligence-reform draft before Moscow finishes annotating it(safe bet)

Decline, politely, to comment on Russian assessments of his popularity(safe bet)

Decide whether insulting a chancellor should stay a police matter(reported)

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

The source

Germany's coalition split over putting climate in constitution

news.google.com · 2026-08-17

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