Overview

• State officials confirmed Friedrich Merz will travel to Saxony on October 28 and attend a meeting of the Saxon cabinet in Dresden.
• A meeting with Ministerpräsident Michael Kretschmer is planned according to multiple reports, though it has not been formally announced.
• Merz is also reported to make a brief stop at GlobalFoundries’ semiconductor facility in Dresden, a key industrial site for wafer production.
• A spokesperson for the Sächsische Staatskanzlei said detailed scheduling is still being worked out and formal invitations are in preparation.
• The trip follows earlier post-inauguration visits to other federal states and comes after previous appearances by Merz in Dresden this year.