Overview
- Local outlet Mallorca Zeitung reported that Friedrich Merz spent a private long weekend near Palma, largely at Golf Son Vida by the Castillo Hotel Son Vida.
- A photographer described encountering Merz at the hotel after a round of golf and quoted him replying "Good" when asked about his game.
- The stay was organized under strict secrecy with continuous police escort, according to the local reporting.
- Flightradar24 data showed a government aircraft flying from Cologne to Mallorca before continuing to Dresden on Tuesday.
- The federal government has not commented; the public calendar listed no entries from Saturday through Monday, and Merz returned Tuesday for scheduled appearances in Dresden including a Saxony cabinet meeting.