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Friedrich Merz

What's on Friedrich Merz's mind?

read fresh this morning at 6
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calling remigration ethnic cleansing 34% the Trump call he postponed 24% · newthe landslide in Saxony-Anhalt 14% the ban question 9% · neweverything else 19%
#1
Merz to the AfD: remigration is ethnic cleansing

In a stormy Bundestag clash with Weidel, he called the AfD’s remigration plan ethnic cleansing and said it will never win a majority.

German chancellor accuses far-right AfD party of seeking ‘ethnic cleansing’

The Guardian · 2026-09-09
our translation

after days of looking shaken, he reached for the heaviest word german politics has — if he can’t out-poll the afd, he can make sitting next to it cost something.

Bundestag showdown led every wirevery sure · 5 sources
#2
Trump toasts the AfD, Merz puts him on hold
new — Trump hailed the AfD; call postponedvery sure · 4 sources
#3
The Saxony-Anhalt rout is still his whole week
Coverage shifting from result to falloutvery sure · 4 sources
#4
No AfD ban: beat them, don’t bar them
new — Ban calls grow louder; he says nopretty sure · 3 sources
thursday, september 10
Keep the Trump call on hold for at least one more day(safe bet)
Keep pushing Brussels for hundreds of billions in EU budget cuts(reported)
Remind anyone listening that the AfD will never win a majority(safe bet)

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

The source

Keep the Trump call on hold for at least one more day

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