Merz criticizes the four-day week and work-life balance: "We need to work more in this country again"

That is the dirty work that Israel is doing for all of us.

— Friedrich Merz stated this in a ZDF interview at the G7 summit in Canada.

Diplomacy is now in a state of crisis.

— Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy stated this after the G7 summit.

Iran should have signed the 'deal' I told them to sign. What a shame, and waste of human life. Simply stated, IRAN CAN NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON. I said it over and over again! Everyone should immediately evacuate Tehran!— Donald Trump wrote on his Truth Social media platform.

If Merz wants to call and talk, then Russia is open to these contacts.

— Wladimir Putin, commented on a potential conversation with Chancellor Merz.

43 percent of respondents express satisfaction with his work – this is three points more than in the previous week, five more than at the end of May.— This statement comes from a survey measuring public satisfaction with Chancellor Friedrich Merz's performance.

Tehran must immediately cease the bombardment of civilian targets in Israel.

— Chancellor Friedrich Merz stated this on Sunday in Berlin before his departure to the G7 summit in Canada.

The majority of Germans support Merz's migration policy.— Hermann Binkert, head of Insa, regarding public support for Friedrich Merz's migration policy.

More than a third of voters are satisfied with Friedrich Merz as Chancellor.

— This is shown by a survey conducted by the polling institute Insa for Bild am Sonntag.

We do not consider any rearmament by NATO to be a threat to the Russian Federation, because we are self-sufficient in terms of ensuring our own security.

— Putin made this statement during a televised press conference in Saint Petersburg regarding NATO's defense spending.

You cannot militarily defeat Russia.

— Ralf Stegner, Member of the Bundestag and foreign policy expert, defends the controversial manifesto on the joint morning magazine of ARD and ZDF.

I have said that Viktor is making a serious historical mistake.

— Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy regarding Viktor Orbán's policy towards Ukraine.

For me personally, it would currently be easier if the report were public.

— Jens Spahn comments on the publication of the Sudhof report.

It should not be about being able to wage a large land war in Europe.

— Ralf Stegner (SPD) expressed his views on the goals of the conscription and warned against massive rearmament.

I regret some of my posts about President Donald Trump last week. They went too far.

— Elon Musk expresses regret over his critical comments about Trump in a post on his platform X.

My relatives have either been killed or emigrated.

— Karin Prien, new federal minister, discusses her Jewish roots and her family's history.