Morning editions returned from 9/11 remembrance to the Saxony-Anhalt aftermath. Welt gave space to Theo Müller demanding black-blue cooperation and calling Alice Weidel fit for the chancellery, while Roland Koch saw grounds for a ban motion and Jens Frei floated Bundeszwang as ultima ratio against an AfD state government.
By afternoon the focus turned on Friedrich Merz himself. Bild reported only 14% still saw him as the right chancellor and another state association wanted to campaign without him, Zeit headlined Operation Kanzlersturz, FAZ described a mood Merz could not answer, and Söder told Bild he opposed a putsch but issued conditions.
Away from the party crisis, investigators named the Leipzig Gemüsedosen-bomb suspects and the Houthi offensive in the Red Sea pushed diesel prices up 20 cents, dominating service headlines.