Once a year, in summer, the chancellor answers journalists’ questions at the Bundespressekonferenz. In 2018 the Tagesspiegel wrote of Angela Merkel: Jedes Jahr ein Mal stellt sie sich den Fragen der Bundespressekonferenz. Once every year she faces the questions of the Bundespressekonferenz. It was at this summer press conference, on 31 August 2015, that Merkel said: Wir haben so vieles geschafft – wir schaffen das! We have managed so much. We will manage this. On 24 July 2024, Olaf Scholz answered questions for almost two hours. On 15 July 2026, Friedrich Merz held his second summer press conference.