frozen snapshot — 2026-09-12 · see today →

What's on Friedrich Merz's mind?

read fresh this morning at 6

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calling remigration ethnic cleansing 30% the far-right advance 22% · newthe revolt in his own party 15% · newthe UAE's €40 billion pledge 11% · neweverything else 22%

AfD takes the chancellor to the prosecutors

The AfD filed a criminal defamation complaint after Merz likened its remigration plans to ethnic cleansing.

Merz’s ‘ethnic cleansing’ comments trigger defamation complaint from far-right AfD

politico.eu · 2026-09-11

our translation

he said the quiet part on purpose and he is not taking it back - a criminal complaint just keeps his sentence in every headline for another week

AfD filed criminal complaintvery sure · 3 sources

Squeezed from the right, squeezed from the left

new — New Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state pollvery sure · 3 sources

Digging in while his own benches grumble

new — Rebellion talk after state defeatpretty sure · 3 sources

Forty billion euros from Abu Dhabi

new — Deal signed, Merz calls it powerfulpretty sure · 3 sources

saturday, september 12

Let the lawyers draft the answer to the AfD complaint(reported)

Read the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern numbers twice(reported)

Count the loyal votes in the CDU parliamentary group(safe bet)

Show the 40 billion euro deal, not the polls(safe bet)

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

The source

Merz’s ‘ethnic cleansing’ comments trigger defamation complaint from far-right AfD

news.google.com · 2026-09-12

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