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After Scathing Electoral Defeats, Chancellor Merz Challenges to Recover

Summary by France24
In the north-east of the country, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, its conservative party the CDU does not manage to be elected to the regional assembly, not reaching the elimination bar of 5%, a first in the history of the country since 1945. The anti-migrant and pro-Russian Alternative Party for Germany (AfD) came in the lead with about 38% of the votes, even though it is a left alliance that seems in a better position to form the regional ex…

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In the north-east of the country, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, its conservative party the CDU does not manage to be elected to the regional assembly, not reaching the elimination bar of 5%, a first in the history of the country since 1945. The anti-migrant and pro-Russian Alternative Party for Germany (AfD) came in the lead with about 38% of the votes, even though it is a left alliance that seems in a better position to form the regional ex…

·Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
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If there is one thing that must be acknowledged to the Germans is that in the face of the defeat they do not minimize, do not sweeten, do not blame social media, ...

·Turin, Italy
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Friedrich Merz Ralf Hirschberger/AFP The German Chancellor, Friedrich Merz, is preparing on Monday (Sunday night, 20, in Brasília) to try to convince the country that he still has the capacity to rule after suffering, on the eve, significant defeats in regional elections for the extreme right and the radical left. His conservative party, the CDU (Democratic Union-Christian), remained outside the regional assembly of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania…

·Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Chancellor Friedrich Merz must try on Monday to convince him of his ability to lead the country, after humiliating regional electoral defeats the day before against the extreme right and the radical left.

·Montreal, Canada
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La Presse broke the news in Montreal, Canada on Sunday, September 20, 2026.
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