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Strong blow for Merz's CDU in Germany, AfD scores strong victory in two states

2026-09-21 07:50:05Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

Strong blow for Merz's CDU in Germany, AfD scores strong victory in two

Elections for regional parliaments were held today in two German states, Berlin and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.

According to foreign media, the first exit polls after the vote showed that Chancellor Friedrich Merz's party suffered heavy losses in the two German state elections on Sunday.

Merz's center-right Christian Democratic Union is forecast to fall to 5.5% in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, a largely rural state in Germany's former communist east. That would be its worst result there since World War II.

In Berlin, the CDU is predicted to come in second with 20%, behind the Left Party with 24.5%, according to the exit poll by public broadcaster ARD.

The Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has won landslide victories in both states where elections were held today, according to exit polls. The vote came two weeks after the AfD came close to a majority in the small eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt and has its best chance yet of forming the country's first far-right regional government since World War II.

Merz, 70, became Germany's leader 16 months ago with promises to turn around an economy that has barely grown for years, but has failed to change the gloomy national atmosphere and has himself become deeply unpopular.

The AfD's strong showing in the Saxony-Anhalt elections has further weakened the chancellor's position at the national level, and in the last two weeks there have been calls even from within his own party to replace him as chancellor.

Apparently anticipating a difficult period after the elections, Merz abandoned a planned trip to New York to attend the UN General Assembly.

Speaking after the polls, Merz says he will remain as CDU leader and Chancellor until the end of his term.


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