Germany: Merz Calls CDU's State Election Losses a 'Disaster'
Merz rejected calls to resign and said the CDU will keep pushing reforms after the far-right AfD surged and the party hit a historic low.
- German Chancellor Friedrich Merz vowed to remain in office Sunday after his Christian Democratic Union suffered a historic 5% result in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, the party's lowest score since World War II.
- Taking office 16 months ago, Merz has struggled to rally the nation, with his popularity plummeting following the CDU's stinging defeat to the AfD in the Saxony-Anhalt election on September 6.
- In Berlin, the CDU finished second with 20%, trailing Die Linke at 24.5%, while the Russia-friendly Alternative for Germany secured 37% in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and 16% in Berlin.
- Although calls for his resignation emerged within his party, eight state premiers declared on Wednesday that Germany needs "stability now more than ever" rather than "discussions about personnel" regarding the chancellor.
- Merz cancelled a scheduled trip to New York next week for the General Assembly, insisting that Germany's economic troubles make his reform agenda more urgent, not less.
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Friedrich Merz seems determined to cling to power and blame the collapse of his party for "destructive extremism" that, in his opinion, undermines democratic order. A definition that for the German Chancellor serves for the ultra-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), whose push has degraded extra-parliamentary in a first Land to the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), his party. But also for The Left, Die Linke, the winning formation in the electio…
Germany's ruling Christian Democratic Union (CDU) suffered another election defeat, but party leader and Chancellor Friedrich Merz promised to remain in office.
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Joplin GlobeGerman leader faces tough time ahead after election defeats, but no sign of leadership challenge
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is standing by his vow to stay in office after his party suffered two more regional election defeats and was voted out of a state legislature in a humiliating first. But he faces a struggle to…
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