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Friedrich Merz

What's on Friedrich Merz's mind?

read fresh this morning at 6
34%21%13%9%23%
the vote that could crown the AfD 34% the drones over Leipzig 21% the factory jobs still going 13% · newthe support he admits he lacks 9% · neweverything else 23%
#1
Polls Open in the State That Could Hand the AfD Its First Government

Saxony-Anhalt votes today with the AfD leading and an outright majority genuinely in play.

AfD Seeks Historic Victory In Saxony-Anhalt Election As Merz Coalition Faces Test: 10 outlets compared

NewsCord · 2026-09-06
our translation

he cannot win this one, so he is pre-writing the loss — 'they will not govern' is the only sentence he still controls tonight

Polls open today in Saxony-Anhaltvery sure · 4 sources
#2
'Profound Rupture': Merz Puts the Leipzig Drones on Moscow
Attribution called clear and legally soundvery sure · 4 sources
#3
Merz Warns the Industrial Job Losses Are Not Finished
new — Warning issued amid Volkswagen crisispretty sure · 4 sources
#4
Merz Says His Government Lacks the Backing It Needs to Govern
new — He conceded it on the recordpretty sure · 2 sources
sunday, september 6
Watch the 6pm Saxony-Anhalt projections with a governing face on(on the schedule)
Say 'they will not govern' before anyone can ask twice(reported)
Take the latest Leipzig drone briefing from the security services(reported)
Draft Monday's line on industrial jobs before the cameras draft it(safe bet)

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

The source

Polls open in Saxony-Anhalt as AfD predicted to win state election

news.google.com · 2026-09-06

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