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Germany’s CDU Is Thrown Out of State Parliament, but Why Is Chancellor Merz Still Refusing to Go?

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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is facing repeated questions about his political future after the CDU suffered major setbacks in recent state elections. The party failed to clear the 5% threshold in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, while also losing ground in Berlin, intensifying scrutiny of Merz’s leadership. Merz has rejected any immediate leadership debate, saying nobody in the CDU leadership has questioned his position and insisting he will c…

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After the state elections, the reforms are now under review again. An internal paper from the SPD board could create new noise in the coalition.

·Munich, Germany
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After the election defeats in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Berlin, the CDU is under pressure. Florian Schmidt analyses the Merz course in the "phoenix rounde".

·Berlin, Germany
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In Mecklenburg-Vorpommern of all places, Angela Merkel's home, the CDU flew out of the Landtag. The party is shocked. In the constituency of the former chancellor, however, they find it »logical«.

·Hamburg, Germany
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The German CDU is experiencing a historic debacle in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and for the first time misses its entry into a state parliament in its history. One day later, the chancellor Angela Merkel reminds her party of the roots of the Christian Democrats – and of a political idea that she finds decisive for the People's Party to this day.

·Vienna, Austria
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Badische Neueste Nachrichten broke the news on Sunday, September 20, 2026.
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