„Bezogen auf den Bundeskanzler begann die Vertrauenskrise mit der Diskussion um die Schuldenbremse und der Frage: Warum passiert kurz nach der Wahl das Gegenteil von dem, was Friedrich Merz noch Tage vorher als rote Linie bezeichnet hat?“, fragte er.
Hintergrund: Als Kanzlerkandidat hatte Merz eine Lockerung der Schuldenbremse bis zum Tag der Wahl ausgeschlossen, um danach aber mit den Stimmen von SPD und GrĂŒnen das Gegenteil einzuleiten.
(October 1, 2026)
Wuest and officials âwho work with him have repeatedly denied he has any interest in replacing Merz under current circumstances.
He was one of eight conservative â state premiers who publicly backed the chancellor in the run-up to the September 20 election in the eastern state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, where the AfD again topped the âelection after winning in Saxony-Anhalt two weeks earlier.
(October 2, 2026)
Berlin‘s markets brim with the rich pickings of harvest. Picking up her weekly shopping, pensioner Ute Istock quips that the choice of apple varieties is as broad as that of candidates on the ballot sheets in last month‘s city election â adding that this is not necessarily a good thing.
„Voting has become tricky,“ Istock admits. „It‘s no longer clear how a party will end up governing effectively because there are too many parties and forming viable majorities is becoming impossible.
The camp of Zionist parties opposing Netanyahu is projected to secure 52 seats, compared to 51 seats for Netanyahu‘s camp, along with the four seats that the Handel-Zelicha alliance is expected to obtain, which has yet to announce which camp it will join.
As for Arab representation, represented by the two Arab lists; the Triangular Joint List, which includes the Democratic Front for Peace and Equality, the National Democratic Assembly, and the Arab Movement for Change, and the United List, together they are projected to obtain 13 seats, with 8 for the Joint List and 5 for the United List.
Die Umfrage wurde unter 1.202 Befragten durchgefĂŒhrt. SPD und GrĂŒne liegen mit jeweils 14 Prozent gleichauf, wĂ€hrend die Linkspartei auf 10 Prozent kommt. Das BSW und die FDP wĂŒrden jeweils 4 Prozent erreichen und damit unter der FĂŒnf-Prozent-HĂŒrde bleiben.
Die Daten weisen auch auf ein hohes MaĂ an Unzufriedenheit mit der Regierungsarbeit hin: 79 Prozent der Befragten erklĂ€rten, sowohl mit der AmtsfĂŒhrung von Bundeskanzler Friedrich Merz als auch mit der Arbeit der Bundesregierung unzufrieden zu sein
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(October 2, 2026)
Four Senate races and three gubernatorial races present flip opportunities for Republicans in this year‘s midterms. Those include the Senate races in Georgia, Michigan, Minnesota, and New Hampshire, as well as the governorâs races in Kansas, Oregon and Wisconsin.
Published Sep 25, 2026 · 32 days before the election
120 seats
Right-religious bloc 49
Center-opposition bloc 55
Non-aligned 4
Arab parties 12
Yashar (Eisenkot) 22
Likud 18
Together (Bennett-Lapid) 13
The Democrats 11
Otzma Yehudit 9
Yisrael Beytenu 9
Joint List (Hadash-Ta‘al-Balad) 7
Shas 6
United Torah Judaism 6
Religious Zionism-Zehut 6
Ra‘am 5
People of Israel (Winter) 4
Reservists-Economic (Hendel-Zelekha) 4
An American Research Group poll published this week found Trumpâs approval at just 29 percent â a new low for his presidency and a flashing warning sign for the congressional Republicans being dragged beneath the waves by the presidentâs plummeting popularity.
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Since 2023, the sharpest decline in support for Israel â down at least 20 points â comes from women, Hispanic voters, voters under age 45, voters with a college degree and Democrats. Republican support has fallen 10 points during the same time.
Around 48 percent of voters said they sided more with Israelis in the conflict, compared with 38 percent who said they sided with Palestinians.
The figure marks a decline from 54 percent in June and from a high of 68 percent recorded at the outset of the conflict in October 2023, when 18 percent said they sided more with Palestinians.
Sixty percent said launching military action against Iran was the wrong decision, compared with 37 percent who supported it.
The findings, the news outlet noted, âsignal an emerging tech-skeptical realignment of American politics with consequential midterm and presidential elections loomingâ and arrive just a day after a major symposium in Washington, DC brought together experts and lawmakers who say action must be taken before its too late.
Americans are increasingly concerned about the future of human connection, agency, purpose and critical thinking in the age of artificial intelligence, according to a new survey from Elon Universityâs Imagining the Digital Future Center.
The âHuman Purpose in Perilâ report, published Monday, found that while 65 percent of respondents said they had used AI chatbots in the previous week, 50 percent worried about humans maintaining their ability to use the tools effectively and appropriately, and 55 percent worried about humansâ ability to think critically and evaluate information.
A new POLITICO Poll finds that a plurality of Americans favor pausing the development of more advanced AI models, and 63 percent say the technology poses at least a moderate risk of destroying humanity.
(September 10, 2026)
The Tuesday trifecta â sanctions, weird party slate and the Haaretz Oct. 7 bombshell â could have more impact later.
After the submission of party lists ahead of the Knesset elections, the coalition bloc has strengthened by three seats to 50, following People of Israelâs crossing of the electoral threshold. This is according to a Maariv poll conducted by Lazar Research, headed by Dr. Menachem Lazar, in cooperation with Panel4ALL.
However, Likud has lost one seat, falling to just 19, its lowest figure since May 29, 2025.
Welche Themen gaben am hĂ€ufigsten den Ausschlag fĂŒr die Entscheidung der Wahlberechtigten? Welche Themen waren WĂ€hlern der einzelnen Parteien besonders wichtig? Was bereitet den Menschen in Sachsen-Anhalt groĂe Sorgen?
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A new poll of US voters published on Tuesday offers a warning for congressional lawmakers backing a plan to deepen military ties between the United States and Israel, finding that a clear majority of voters oppose the proposalâwhich some critics have called âtreasonous.â
The Data for Progress survey of 1,217 likely US votersâconducted August 3â7 for Demand Progress and the Institute for Middle East Understanding (IMEU) Policy Projectârevealed that 61% of respondents oppose legislation in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for 2027 that would integrate Israeli weapons companies into the Pentagon at a level exceeding that of any other country. That figure rose to 78% among Democrats and 73% among independents.
The agencies were assessed in three main areas: recruiting âmolesâ and penetrating centers of power; assassination and sabotage operations, including operations such as Israelâs pager attack and Ukraineâs Operation Spiderweb; and intelligence collection, cyber operations and access to encrypted communications.
âI had not imagined that relations between the agencies were much more intense than the official relations between the countries,â a senior Swiss diplomatic figure told the magazine. âAn effective intelligence agency gives a country power no less significant than nuclear weapons.â
Die Unzufriedenheit mit der Regierung speist sich auch aus einem gröĂer werdenden VerĂ€nderungswunsch. Mehr als die HĂ€lfte der Bevölkerung (55 Prozent, +7 im Vergleich zu Dezember 2024) wĂŒnscht sich mittlerweile einen grundlegenden Wandel in Deutschland.
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Nur noch 17 Prozent der BĂŒrger trauen dem Staat zu, seine Aufgaben tatsĂ€chlich zu erfĂŒllen und die Probleme zu lösen, und bereits 79 Prozent sind der Ansicht, der Staat sei ĂŒberfordert â das sind die Ergebnisse der Forsa-BĂŒrgerbefragung im Auftrag des Deutschen Beamtenbundes (dbb).
Thursday‘s vote is largely symbolic, and the resolution will not go to Trumpâs desk for signature if the Senate chamber were also to pass it.
But Democrats‘ war powers effort underscores that the war in Iran is continuing to divide Republicans, several of whom have complained the White House has not given enough visibility to Congress about the militaryâs actions.
Just 34% of voters approve of Trump‘s handling of Iran, according to a Fox News poll released Wednesday.
The 214-208 vote requiring congressional approval for the war comes as the Senate is expected to consider a similar resolution later Thursday morning. Though the votes forced by Democrats are largely symbolic, they are meant as a strong signal to the Republican president that his support on Capitol Hill is chipping away as the war drags on and lawmakers in both parties have questioned his administrationâs endgame.
The war has had âno clear mission, no strategy, no end goal,â said Washington Rep. Pramila Jayapal, a Democrat who led the resolution on the House floor.