Overnight coverage still dealt with the German state elections, with AfD winning in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and the CDU missing the threshold for the first time, increasing pressure on Chancellor Merz, who refused to resign.
By morning attention shifted to the Onderzoeksraad report that 7,000 children in asylum emergency shelters were structurally neglected and exposed to unsafe dormitories, lack of play space and development risks. Trouw pointed to 172 children in Leeuwarden, NRC to continued use of halls and hotels masking shortages.
In the afternoon the cabinet's housing offensive took over, promising 100,000 homes a year by tackling fifty bottlenecks and curbing scheefwonen with higher rents and a wealth test, a plan met with doubt. Parallel coverage noted halved acceptance of homosexuality among youth and police ending organization of public religious celebrations.