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Merz Pledges Reset as He Admits German Conservatives Don’t Have the ‘Answers’

Summary by Politico Europe
The chancellor is clinging to power, promising a political reset to unite the CDU’s rank and file behind his leadership.

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German Chancellor Friedrich Mertz promised today that he will thoroughly reform the program of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the decision-making processes, and he assessed the historic debacle in the elections in the province of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania as a "big turning point".

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"We no longer have satisfactory answers to too many questions, and we will have to change that"

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Double claps for Friedrich Merz – but he just keeps going. However, he made a surprising confession at today's press conference in Berlin. You will learn all about this today by COMPACT editor-in-chief Jürgen Elsässer and Paul Klemm in today's focus of the day. The East shines: Our new silver medal «East Germany» pays tribute to the resistance. [...] The article Merz admits: CDU has «no more answers»! first appeared on COMPACT.

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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz announced on Monday that the party would have to look at "fundamental and very long-term issues", a day after his Christian Democrats' disastrous results in local elections.

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Merck after heavy CDU defeat: "We no longer have satisfactory answers to too many questions" - The poor results, along with those from early September in Saxony-Anhalt, have fueled speculation about Merck's political future

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Politico Europe broke the news in Brussels, Belgium on Monday, September 21, 2026.
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