Read on here for our roundup of the top headlines from and about Germany  on May 16 and 17, 2026: A representative survey has found that 84% of people are concerned or very concerned about the state of affairs in Germany . According to the poll, conducted by Insa for the Bild am Sonntag tabloid, 64% of respondents also believed that no conceivable coalition would be able to fix the country's problems. It comes a little over a year after the governing coalition of Chancellor Friedrich Merz 's