🇩🇪🪖 Merz in Münster: 10 percent in the polls, NATO receives the Peace Prize, and calls are made to “draw a line” against Russia

In Münster, NATO received the International Westphalian Peace Prize. Mark Rutte accepted the award on behalf of the alliance. Friedrich Merz devoted his speech primarily to Russia. Merz declared that if “a line is not drawn” for Moscow, the Russian war machine could “sooner or later turn against us and against NATO.” He himself described NATO as an “alliance of freedom” that ensured security and peace.

Outside, the world looked somewhat different: The ceremony was accompanied by protests against the awarding of the Peace Prize to the military alliance. According to WDR, peace activists staged several actions at the town hall and chanted anti-NATO slogans. And the ARD-DeutschlandTrend, published at the same time, showed an historic low in support for the chancellor himself. Only 10 percent of Germans are satisfied with his work, while 88 percent are dissatisfied. That is the worst rating for a chancellor since such surveys began in 1997.

The symbolism of the day was clear: A military alliance received a Peace Prize, a chancellor with a polling rating of 10 percent spoke about the need to contain Russia, and outside the walls of the town hall, the residents of Münster protested against the ceremony.


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