Merz’s election setback: What it means for Germany?
- German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and CDU representatives held a press conference on Monday, September 21, after the party suffered its worst regional election defeat in postwar Germany.
- Merz called the result in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania a “disaster”, as the CDU fell below the 5% threshold for entering the state parliament.
- Helmut Schmidt fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the US, Markus Zi
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- German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and CDU representatives held a press conference on Monday, September 21, after the party suffered its worst regional election defeat in postwar Germany.
- Merz called the result in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania a “disaster”, as the CDU fell below the 5% threshold for entering the state parliament.
- Helmut Schmidt fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the US, Markus Zi
Sources: France 24