CDU is turning on Merz.
We have reported here on TGP about the almost constant feature of the Euro-Globalist ‘leaders’ of nowadays: dismal poll numbers.
Whether we’re talking Uk’s Starmer or France’s Macron, the story is the same: they cling to power even though a vast majority of voters would rather have them go.
The same also applies to German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, who is completing one year in power.
The ZDF Politbarometer poll from late May shows Merz’s popularity stands at just 26% of Germans rating his work as ‘eher zufrieden’ (rather satisfied), with as much as 71% saying he does an ‘eher schlechter Job’ (rather poor job).
Bad as this is, it’s still a bit of relief from early May, when the ARD Deutschlandtrend recorded historic low numbers of only 16% satisfied with Merz, and stunning 83% dissatisfied. That’s the worst poll numbers for any sitting chancellor since the survey began in 1997.
So, it’s hardly surprising that his own CDU party is articulating a new, younger leader to substitute him.
CDU insiders are discussing a possible replacement of German Chancellor Friedrich Merz due to stalled reforms and very poor polling.
— Clash Report (@clashreport) May 27, 2026
The idea is still informal — mostly private talks among senior CDU figures, not an organized coup. Under German law, parliament could replace the… pic.twitter.com/WufS60xwpy
BILD reported (translated from the German):
“Now Friedrich Merz (70, CDU) has had enough with the speculation about a chancellor swap with the much younger [North Rhine-Westphalia] state leader Hendrik Wüst (50, CDU). BILD heard in the chancellor’s environment that this was a ‘naïve idea’. This testifies to a ‘dangerous desire to ignite’. It is ‘always easier to talk about personnel than to seriously deal with income tax rates or the care reform’.”
🇩🇪 Germany's CDU is reportedly holding private discussions about replacing Chancellor Merz.
— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) May 27, 2026
Names being floated: North Rhine-Westphalia premier Hendrik Wüst, Hesse governor Boris Rhein, and Saxony premier Michael Kretschmer.
A year in, stalled reforms, poor polling, and the… https://t.co/7EKHG5M6Iz pic.twitter.com/hmTJng3PIh
Merz’s allies warn of ‘wild speculation’, but in a govern with an unstable 12-vote majority, everything is possible.
“’The Merz people see the “stability in the Bundestag endangered’. In view of the world crises, this is ‘doubly negligent’. Anyone who makes this speculation is doing the business of the AfD and robbing the political center of authority.”