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Merz Today in the Ard Summer Interview: Judge Election Weakens Government – Spahn Becomes a Burden

Summary by merkur.de
Friedrich Merz has to justify himself in the summer interview of the ARD today for the fiasco in the election of judges in the Bundestag. His confidant has long since become a burden.

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Despite the parliamentary summer break in the Bundestag, Germany's politicians in ARD and ZDF traditionally speak and answer on current topics in the summer interviews - all broadcast dates are available here.

In the TV summer interview, German chancellor Friedrich Merz admits mistakes in the intended election of the constitutional judges and stands behind Union leader Jens Spahn. For the autumn, he announces talks on reforms in social security.

·Zürich, Switzerland
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Lean Left

Some crises have to be grinned in the face to shrink them? That's exactly what Friedrich Merz is trying to do in the ARD interview. It almost seems as if he really believes it himself.

·Germany
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Lean Right

In the summer interview of the ARD, Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz tries to shorten his coalition's election blamage. This is only partly possible, also because the chancellor himself has not yet solved the problem.

·Dortmund, Germany
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Center

It has become frosty between the government partners Union and SPD after the court election in the Bundestag. But for Chancellor Merz "this is not a crisis either". Now it is easy to come to a solution "in peace" with each other.

·Hamburg, Germany
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Center

Friedrich Merz opens the series of 2025 summer interviews. For him this is a particular challenge. After all, he had promised us that we would feel his politics from this summer on. ARD interviewer Markus Preiß brings some doubts into the beautiful summer feeling - but misses for 13 minutes in a marginal topic.

·Berlin, Germany
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