Friedrich Merz has been choked by two humiliations: the defeat in Saxony-Anhalt of his Christian Democratic Union (CDU) against the ultra-right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) and the possibility of Die Linke, the Left, taking over the Berlin City Hall. The first occurred in early September, when the AfD grazed the absolute majority on that eastern land. The second materialized two weeks later, with the victory of leftist candidate Elif Eralp…
Friedrich Merz has been choked by two humiliations: the defeat in Saxony-Anhalt of his Christian Democratic Union (CDU) against the ultra-right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) and the possibility of Die Linke, the Left, taking over the Berlin City Hall. The first occurred in early September, when the AfD grazed the absolute majority on that eastern land. The second materialized two weeks later, with the victory of leftist candidate Elif Eralp…