Elif Eralp's Left Party on course for historic win in German capital
Exit polls put Die Linke around 25%, giving Elif Eralp a path to coalition talks with the SPD and Greens.
- Chancellor Friedrich Merz vowed to stay in office on Sunday despite stinging election defeats in Berlin and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, confronting recent speculation about his potential resignation.
- Merz has faced 16 months of record-low personal approval ratings hovering just above 10 percent while the AfD now leads nationwide polls, complicating his efforts to lure voters from the far-right party.
- The AfD reached about 37 percent in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, while in Berlin the far-left Die Linke defeated the CDU with about 25 percent to 19 percent, an outcome Merz admitted was a "disaster."
- Eight state premiers declared Wednesday that Germany needs "stability now more than ever" rather than "discussions about personnel," though they refrained from issuing a personal endorsement of the chancellor.
- Acknowledging that "trust in our country's institutions is waning," Merz delivered a TV address that ING economist Carsten Brzeski characterized as an attempt to choke off resignation speculation building in recent weeks.
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The Left party (Die Linke) won the most votes in the provincial elections in Berlin, and the good result of other parties that are in coalition with this party (SPD and the Greens) opened the possibility that the capital will be led by Elif Eralp, who led Die Linke in these elections.
Linke's candidate won by focusing on expensive rents and taxes to the rich
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The National HeraldGermany's Merz struggles to stay on track after humiliating regional election defeat
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz faces a struggle to stabilize his position and keep his agenda on track after voters inflicted two more defeats on his party, ejecting it from a state legislature for the first time. The unpopular Merz vowed…
With the two defeats of the CDU in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Berlin, Chancellor Friedrich Merz must try to convince Monday of his ability to lead the countryThe Chancellor Friedrich Merz must try on Monday to convince of his ability to lead the country, after humiliating regional electoral defeats the day before against the extreme right and the radical left.In the north-eastern part of the country, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, his …
Germany's Merz faces struggle to stay on track after humiliating
BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Friedrich Merz faced a struggle to stabilize his position and keep his agenda on track Monday after voters inflicted two more defeats on his party, ejecting it from a state legislature for
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