Carsten Maschmeyer Calls for Friedrich Merz’s Resignation on Maischberger
Tino Schomann said the AfD’s 44% win showed Merz was unfit to unite the country after the CDU’s heavy defeat.
- Tino Schomann, deputy leader of the Christian Democratic Union in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, became the first senior politician to demand the resignation of Friedrich Merz, arguing recent results show he "can't do it."
- The Alternative won 44% of the vote in the East Germany state of Saxony-Anhalt, with the CDU trailing at 17%, a defeat Merz called "the hardest that the CDU has had for decades."
- Sepp Muller, a deputy leader in Germany's national parliament, warned the victory undermined Merz's "firewall" against the Alternative, prompting Merz to complain Muller had "stabbed the party leadership in the back."
- With the party polling at just 8% in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, elections in that state and Berlin occur in two weeks; media reports persist regarding a plot to replace Merz with North Rhine-Westphalia leader Hendrik Wust.
- On Tuesday, Merz made a significant intervention, calling for a commission to examine banning the Alternative via the constitutional court; under German law, parties undermining the constitution can be banned.
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The pressure on the Federal Chancellor is great after the state elections in Saxony-Anhalt. But in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania the CDU is already threatening the next disaster.
Video. Merz has done 'very poorly' on communication, says former spokesman
Video. Béla Anda, chief spokesman for the federal government under Gerhard Schröder, says it will be “very hard” for German Chancellor Friedrich Merz to regain control after the AfD’s landslide victory in regional elections.
After the overwhelming defeat of his party in Saxony-Anhalt the German Chancellor is even more in trouble than before, but he says he does not want to resign
Something happened after the election in Saxony-Anhalt: in the country, but also with Friedrich Merz. More and more say he has to go, find others, we have to go through. By a chancellor and perhaps his last chance.
Resignation demands against Merz become loud. Also former supporters turn away and demand a change at the head of the government.
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