Josef Janning, a senior associate fellow at the German Council on Foreign Relations, wrote last week that Friedrich Merz’s government is in an existential crisis and will devote its full attention to domestic policy. There is neither the time nor energy left for international affairs or Europe, Janning said. Chancellor Merz nevertheless found time yesterday afternoon for Czech Pres. Petr Pavel, and they spoke mainly about speeding up the highway and high-speed-rail connections between the two countries and extending this collaboration to include defense and security issues. Pavel had attended a meeting on Tues. of the BRS National Security Council in Prague, but he didn't say whether his conversation with Merz related at all to a topic that has been on the mind of Czech PM Andrej Babiš. After the cabinet meeting on Mon., Babiš said that "we’ll need our military primarily at home. We’ll have to see how things turn out with that migration situation in Western Europe. Let's hope we won’t ever need our military to defend ourselves." Babiš is worried about uncontrolled mass migration from Germany. Let's hope Merz took time out of his busy domestic schedule to speak with Pavel about ways to prevent it.