Now?
Merz’s strategy for dealing with Trump’s anger: Tell him he’s right – After a perilous blowup with Washington, the chancellor is falling back on the familiar tactic of saying things the U.S. president likes to hear.
Facing new tariffs from U.S. President Donald Trump on Germany’s prized auto industry — immediately after his threat to withdraw American troops — Chancellor Friedrich Merz has offered a disarmingly conciliatory response: Trump is essentially right.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz reportedly said Monday that Germany’s leadership is humiliating Germany with its futile attempts to get the lame-ass country back on track again.
Germany’s economic headaches showing no signs of abating, Merz is doing his damndest to distract German voters’ attention away from his extremely disappointing lack of leadership skill.
2026 was meant to mark a new chapter for Germany but the economy’s “rebound” already looks more than feeble and the built-in opposition (SPD) for which Merz claims he has no alternative (Alternative for Germany anyone?) is the dying tail wagging what remains of a dying CDU/CSU dog.
Friedrich.
Germany news: Far-right AfD ahead of Merz’s conservatives – The far-right Alternative for Germany has nudged ahead of its political rivals in a new poll, the most recent of several that it has topped.
The far-right AfD is the country’s second largest party in nationwide polling and Germany’s largest opposition party.
A poll shows that Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s conservative bloc would win 25% of the vote, down one percentage point. Support for the far-right Alternative for Germany is unchanged at 26%.
Says the leader of Germany, a country that is not powerful enough to “go it” with the help of partners and allies.
Meaning, I suppose: “But we’ll help you if you ask nicely.”
US ‘not powerful enough to go it alone’, Merz tells Munich conference – German chancellor rebuts idea of American unilateralism and says ‘democracies have partners and allies.’
The US acting alone has reached the limits of its power and may already have lost its role as global leader, Friedrich Merz, the German chancellor, warned Donald Trump at the opening of the Munich Security Conference.
Merz also disclosed he had held initial talks with the French president, Emmanuel Macron, over the possibility of joining France’s nuclear umbrella, underlining his call for Europe to develop a stronger self-standing security strategy.
Get it? Bored instead of Board?
Merz says Germany won’t join Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ – German Chancellor Merz said the current form of US President Trump’s “Board of Peace” prevented Germany from joining for “constitutional reasons.” But Merz said he was open to “new formats” of cooperation with the US.
That means effectively finished.
Iran’s regime is finished, says Merz – “I assume that we are now witnessing the final days and weeks of this regime,” German chancellor says as Iranian protests sweep the country.
“If a regime can only stay in power through violence, then it is effectively finished. I assume that we are now witnessing the final days and weeks of this regime.”
If the future of the world is being shaped in Europe then the future looks pretty dim indeed.
The future of the world is being shaped in Europe, says German Chancellor Friedrich Merz – In his speech to his party’s youth wing on Saturday, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) clearly distanced himself from the far-right AfD and stressed the importance of Europe and the European Union.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) on Saturday stressed Europe’s strategic importance, saying that the future of the world is being shaped on the continent.
Speaking to the German youth at the Young Union (Junge Union)’s Germany Day conference in Rust, Baden-Württemberg, Merz said this was not just about the European Union but the principles guiding the coexistence of people on the continent.
That means cityscape. And this word is apparently offensive to Germans.
To Germans who are in denial about violence, sexual or otherwise, being committed by… As I said, in denial.
‘Ask your daughters’: Merz defends his call for large-scale deportations – German chancellor accused of taking a page from extremist parties with ‘dangerous’ rhetoric on immigration…
Merz said his priority was “security in public space” and stressed that only if it could be guaranteed “will the [mainstream] political parties win back trust”.
He had drawn flak last week for remarks that critics said hinted that diversity itself was a problem in German cities: “Of course we still have this problem in the cityscape, and that is why the federal interior minister is now working to enable and carry out expulsions on a very large scale,” Merz said on a visit to Brandenburg state outside Berlin.
German threatens with Eurovision boycott!
Couldn’t we just have another war instead?
Chancellor Friedrich Merz says that if Israel is excluded from Eurovision 2026, Germany will not take part.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is considering boycotting next year’s Eurovision Song Contest if Israel is excluded.
When asked in an interview with public broadcaster ARD on Sunday whether Germany should voluntarily withdraw from participation in the world’s largest live music event next year if Israel is excluded, Merz said: “I would support this. I think it’s a scandal that this is even being discussed. Israel has a place there.”
That means false nostalgia.
Germany’s Merz warns against ‘false nostalgia’ over US alliance – The chancellor’s comments show European leaders are girding for a future in which the transatlantic alliance is no longer the bedrock on which the continent’s defense and economy stand.
“We must face the fact that our relationship with the U.S. is changing, The U.S. is reassessing its interests — and not just since yesterday. And so we in Europe must also adjust our interests, without false nostalgia.”
Observing Hermann 