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Twelve Months of Friedrich Merz

13 percent approval in the Forsa poll of 12 May 2026 – a value Forsa director Peter Matuschek calls historically unprecedented. Chancellor Friedrich Merz himself complains publicly that no German chancellor before him "has had to endure such a thing". A factual probationary-year assessment after twelve months in office: what did Merz promise before taking the chancellorship – and what has he delivered? Debt brake, migration, welfare state, economic turnaround, foreign policy. With a separate chapter on the cui-bono question linking Merz's BlackRock past to his Ukraine policy. Documented with primary sources. Readers draw their own conclusions.

Friedrich Merz After One Year

13 percent approval in the Forsa poll of 12 May 2026 – a value Forsa director Peter Matuschek calls historically unprecedented. Chancellor Friedrich Merz himself complains publicly that no German chancellor before him "has had to endure such a thing". A factual probationary-year assessment after twelve months in office: what did Merz promise before taking the chancellorship – and what has he delivered? Debt brake, migration, welfare state, economic turnaround, foreign policy. With a separate chapter on the cui-bono question linking Merz's BlackRock past to his Ukraine policy. Documented with primary sources. Readers draw their own conclusions.