Crucial regional votes in Germany: What’s at stake for Merz?
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Source: RT News
Published: 2026-09-21 06:33 UTC+10:00
Section: General
Factuality Score: 100
Opinion Category: Neutral
Topics: Politics, Religion, Europe, Germany, Labour & Workers, Elections, World News
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Germany’s regional elections have dealt a major setback to Chancellor Friedrich Merz, with preliminary official results showing a crushing defeat for his Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, where the party failed to clear the five-percent hurdle, and a weak showing in Berlin.
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