05:40⇢Merz Confronts Historic CDU Expulsion
⌨The newspapers report on the confirmed results: the CDU at 4.9% misses the Landtag in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern for the first time in its history (Bild, FAZ, Spiegel, WAZ, merkur.de, TAZ, RP Online), while the AfD wins there and the Left wins clearly in Berlin (Tagesspiegel, RP Online). Attention shifts to Chancellor Merz, with debate over patience, flight forward and no personnel debate (Sueddeutsche, TAZ, Welt, Berliner Zeitung, FR).