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Friedrich Merz

What's on Friedrich Merz's mind?

read fresh this morning at 6
40%16%10%7%27%
the landslide in Saxony-Anhalt 40% the firewall around the AfD 16% · newtalk of replacing him 10% · newthe drones over Leipzig 7% everything else 27%
#1
AfD takes Saxony-Anhalt in a landslide; his CDU slumps

The first far-right win of a German state since the Nazi era landed on his watch, and he says it shook his party to its core.

Merz says ‘shock’ AfD victory in key German state ‘is an election result we cannot simply move past’ – Europe live

The Guardian · 2026-09-07
our translation

he keeps choosing the word 'shaken' because the honest word is 'beaten'. sounding stunned buys about a week before anyone asks whether he is the thing that lost.

AfD landslide in Sunday's state votevery sure · 4 sources
#2
Short of a majority, the AfD goes shopping in his party
new — AfD short of majority, courting CDUvery sure · 4 sources
#3
"Is Merz toast?" is now a headline, not a whisper
new — Weidel, Spiegel and CDU all weighing inpretty sure · 4 sources
#4
Lavrov says Germany declared war; Merz says "profound rupture"
Lavrov escalates rhetoric over Leipzigpretty sure · 3 sources
monday, september 7
Face the CDU leadership in Berlin and explain the collapse(reported)
Say "the firewall stands" slowly, in every single interview(safe bet)
Reassure Kyiv that a pro-Russia state win changes nothing(reported)
Send Macron regrets about the Paris space summit(reported)

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

The source

Merz Moves to Contain Fallout From Far-Right Rout in State Vote

news.google.com · 2026-09-07

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