By Severin Weiland and Matthias Gebauer
By the time Friedrich Merz walks up to the podium in the Chancellery late on Sunday afternoon, a long weekend lies behind him. Meetings of the National Security Council, phone calls with cabinet colleagues and European partners, discussions with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other figures in the region.
The Chancellor has to coordinate. To consult. And address a situation that is changing by the hour. Nobody knows how things will unfold in Iran, in the region.