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German chancellor cancels New York trip amid political pressure: Reuters
Merz will stay in Berlin as CDU leaders face crisis talks after the AfD’s 29% showing in a new poll and a historic state election win.
- On Tuesday, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz cancelled his planned trip to next week's UN General Assembly in New York because his presence is required in Berlin to manage domestic political challenges.
- The cancellation follows a historic electoral result for the far-right AfD in Saxony-Anhalt on September 6, where the nationalist party secured 29% support while Chancellor Merz's CDU fell to a record low of 18%.
- A new INSA poll found that 78% of the wider public no longer believe Merz is the right person for the job, while the CDU and its Bavarian sister party, the CSU, poll between 18% and 20%.
- Divisions within the government are deepening as the center-left Social Democrats accused Economy Minister Katherina Reiche of inaction, with gasoline reaching €2.273 per liter on Sunday.
- Determined to serve his full four-year term, Merz is rallying influential state premiers to secure his leadership, though political scientist Oliver Lembcke of Ruhr University Bochum told AFP that Merz now regards an early end to his chancellorship as realistic.
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Germany's Merz cancels UN trip as pressure mounts over elections at home
BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has canceled a trip to the U.N. General Assembly next week as he faces mounting pressure at home during a string of difficult state elections.
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Description: German Chancellor Friedrich Mertz will not travel to New York for the UN General Assembly. The decision was made on the eve of the regional elections. September 16, 2026
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The German Chancellor was to receive the Henry Kissinger Award in New York.
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