Entity

Merz

A topic on our watch list — we track its coverage across 2 coverage verticals, including World Wires and Energy Climate.

As of 22 Oct 2026Last evidence 22 Oct 2026

What is happening now

Nothing reported: the record holds no registered event and no claim that names this.

What changed

  • Attention Rising: 19 mentions on 22 Oct 2026, against 4 on 1 Oct 2026 (+375%).
  • State No change in coverage state or wire tier recorded since 13 Oct 2026.
  • Claims No claim first reported since 21 Oct 2026.

How well we know this

504 documents · 86 publishers · 11% contain a typed assertion · last evidence 22 Oct 2026

  • Gap: assertion coverage 0.111: about 89% of mentions carry no typed assertion

In this snapshot’s daily coverage:

Reported alongside Merz

Names most often reported alongside it; bigger circles and heavier lines mean more shared documents. A dashed circle has no page of its own yet.

GermanyEuropean UnionRussiaUkraineFranceTrumpSaxony-Anhalt
  • Germany · 476 shared documents
  • Chancellor Friedrich Merz · 303 shared documents · no page of its own yet
  • European Union · 238 shared documents
  • Europe · 231 shared documents · no page of its own yet
  • Russia · 197 shared documents
  • Ukraine · 189 shared documents
  • France · 181 shared documents
  • German Chancellor Friedrich · 170 shared documents · no page of its own yet
  • Trump · 127 shared documents
  • Saxony-Anhalt · 103 shared documents

Story momentum

Rising

The word compares 19 mentions on 22 Oct 2026 with 4 on 1 Oct 2026 (+375%); a change of less than 8% either way reads Steady.

Daily mentions +90% from 7 Sept 2026 to 22 Oct 2026, between 4 and 40 a day

How often tracked coverage mentions Merz, day by day.

Market price, cited

Not priced yet

No open prediction market prices a question materially about Merz yet. Ask about Merz

No market price on file: no prediction market prices a question about this name yet

Coverage volume and market price are separate measures.

For developers

This page is also an object: GET https://sigb.ai/api/v1/node/e/9f6c53be09a1e1c13be138c8 returns the same record as sb.node.v1. Or call the get_entity MCP tool at https://sigb.ai/api/mcp with name merz.

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  "coverageTrend": "rising",
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Events involving Merz

Nothing reported: the record holds no registered event and no claim that names this.

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Merz

Entity.

Evidence
504 documents · 86 separate publishers · a mention shows the name is in use, not that any claim about it is true
Standing
A name from our starting list; its record is kept up to date automatically from coverage
Time
first seen 3 Sept 2026, last seen 22 Oct 2026
Measured
11% of mentions say something specific about it; the rest only name it
As of
22 Oct 2026
10 links from here

Who it moves with: the 10 names are in the map above.

What is claimed about it (0)

none on file at this cutoff

Situations it is named in (0)

none on file at this cutoff

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What the coverage says

Recent reporting that names Merz, newest first. Open any row to follow it to the original article.

Markets materially about Merz

Markets whose question is about Merz or names it as a party. Each row says how the market relates to Merz and why. Prices are the market’s own, cited with the venue.

What it connects to

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Recorded history

No change in coverage state or wire tier recorded since 13 Oct 2026.

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Story momentum counts mentions in tracked coverage. Prices are the market’s own, cited with the venue. Informational only, not advice. As of 22 Oct 2026.