The Basic Law and the Federal Election Act [de] provide that regular federal elections must be held on a Sunday or on a national holiday[c] no earlier than 46 and no later than 48 months after the start of a legislative session. The 21st Bundestag was constituted on 25 March 2025 and has therefore been in session for 14 months. Accordingly, a scheduled federal election would have to take place on one of the following dates:
Merz is literally a businessman. It benefits him. If he cared about Germany at all, he’d tackle the ever-rightward encroachment much more actively.
He could limit access to billionnaire-owned social media, mandate that social media use no polarising algorithms as default, reduce immigration without inhumane measures, reduce housing costs, help farmers transition to a greener economy, and so on.
They do still have some time to pull back up.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_German_federal_election
So about two-and-a-half years.
Merz is literally a businessman. It benefits him. If he cared about Germany at all, he’d tackle the ever-rightward encroachment much more actively.
He could limit access to billionnaire-owned social media, mandate that social media use no polarising algorithms as default, reduce immigration without inhumane measures, reduce housing costs, help farmers transition to a greener economy, and so on.