Germany’s AfD Wins Another State Election, Adding Pressure on Chancellor Merz, Exit Polls Show
- On Sunday, the far-right AfD was projected to win the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania state election with 37.0% of the vote, narrowly outpacing the governing Social Democrats at 35.5% while Chancellor Friedrich Merz's CDU slumped to 5.5%.
- Chancellor Friedrich Merz, who took office 16 months ago, faces mounting pressure as the AfD gains strength, building on their strong performance in the Saxony-Anhalt election two weeks ago that weakened his national standing.
- In Berlin's separate election held Sunday, the far-left Die Linke led with 24.5% of the vote, while Merz's conservatives followed at 20% and the AfD continued its trend of rising support, reaching 16%.
- Despite the AfD's projected victory in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, the party is unlikely to govern as other main parties have ruled out forming a coalition with the far-right group.
- Anticipating a difficult period, Merz canceled a planned trip to New York next week for the UN General Assembly, as allies warned against public 'personnel debates' regarding his leadership following the election results.
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The right-wing nationalist AfD looks set to make new gains in German state elections. Meanwhile, Chancellor Friedrich Merz's CDU barely makes it past the threshold. "A disaster," he says.
The German Chancellor admitted that his HDZ party had suffered a disaster in the Mecklenburg Landtag elections, the Front Pomerania, which he said at a press conference following a meeting of HDZ politicians in the party's head office.
AfD Party DOUBLES VOTE in Another State in Germany – Will Chancellor Merz Lose Office? * The Gateway Pundit * by Collin McMahon
Two weeks after the patriotic Alternative for Germany (AfD) party earned landslide results in the state of Saxony-Anhalt at 43.8%, the AfD again is…
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Merz vows to press ahead with reforms after party's historic defeat in 2 German state elections
Exit polls by public broadcaster ARD indicated that Merz's center-right Christian Democratic Union came in with just 5% in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania — the lowest result ever since World War II for the party in any state.
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