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Friedrich Merz

What's on Friedrich Merz's mind?

read fresh this morning at 6
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the Stolpersteine his party helped block 24% the successor auditioning in public 20% the ultimatum to Brussels 16% · newthe Union at a record-low 19 percent 14% everything else 26%
#1
His allies voted with the AfD to stop Holocaust stones

A German town halted its Stolpersteine after far-right and CDU councillors rallied against them, and the wires carried it worldwide.

German town sparks outrage as far right and Merz-allied conservatives oppose Holocaust memorial plaques

Los Angeles Times · 2026-09-27
our translation

the firewall is a promise about votes, and one town council just showed what that promise is worth. the phrase merz-allied conservatives is now in the american press, and he cannot unsay it.

AP, LA Times, Independent all ran itvery sure · 3 sources
#2
His likeliest replacement went to Ankara with a business delegation
Bloomberg and FT both on successionpretty sure · 3 sources
#3
Germany hands Brussels a budget ultimatum
new — FT broke it this morningpretty sure · 3 sources
#4
Nineteen percent, and now the resignation question
record low plus resign headlinesvery sure · 3 sources
tuesday, september 29
Host the Kazakh president and sign something strategic(reported)
Hold the line on the EU budget ceiling(reported)
Read the FT piece about his own government twice(safe bet)
Get asked about the Stolpersteine, answer about the firewall(safe bet)

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

The source

Kazakh president arrives in Germany for talks to strengthen strategic partnership

news.google.com · 2026-09-29

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