AfD Wins a Second German State as Merz's CDU Crashes Out on 4.9%
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This NATO head will be gone by year-end? AfD says CDU’s collapse has started Merz political twilight
Friedrich Merz is facing renewed pressure after his CDU crashed to 4.9% in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, missing the threshold for state parliament in its worst regional result since 1949. AfD candidate Leif-Erik Holm declared that the “twilight” of Merz’s chancellorship had begun and predicted he would not survive the year, while Alice Weidel claimed the CDU would never again win a federal election. Merz acknowledged a “severe blow” but has si…
While German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has to deal with the debacle of his party, the CDU, at two regional elections on Sunday 20 September, the concerns are also rising in Europe. Because the leader of the Conservatives appears weakened in the elections in Mecklenburg-Pomerania, two weeks after the spectacular victory of the pro-Russian far right party AfD in Saxony-Anhalt. A further confirmation of the trend observed in recent weeks.
Populist AfD Wins Another German State Election as Ruling Party Suffers Historic Defeat.
Chancellor Friedrich Merz's CDU has suffered more unprecedented losses in Germany's state elections, raising questions about his leadership as the populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) advances.
For the first time in German history, Friedrich Merz's party failed to enter the state parliament.
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