Following the CDU's crushing defeat in the Saxony-Anhalt election, many are expressing doubts about Chancellor and party leader Friedrich Merz. But they don't appear to have any viable alternative.
Will Friedrich Merz be replaced as chancellor? Most recently, two names circulated around a possible successor. "What's getting better?" asks columnist Gottlieb in the video interview.
Even if the CDU prime ministers show solidarity: the clock runs off for the chancellor. After the state elections on Sunday, a "political animal" will be needed at the head of the government – in the tradition of Kohl and Schröder.