German Chancellor Merz absent from public view for nearly a month — media ask why

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has not appeared in public since 29 July — an absence of nearly a month. He did not cut short his holiday even after a serious armed-drone incident at Leipzig airport. The extended absence of the CDU leader is drawing growing attention from German media.

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