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Updated 21/09/2026, 11:25:28 UTC

German is drawing attention across 2 news outlets right now. The reports below are the current coverage, newest first.

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Merz insists he will stay as German chancellor despite heavy losses in state elections – Europe live

CDU suffered heavy losses in two regional elections, including in home state of former leader Angela Merkel, where it polled just 4.9% Some more detail on the two electoral races we saw in Germany on Sunday. In Mecklenburg- Western Pomerania, some analysts say the real battle for votes was between AfD and the center-left Social Democrats who ran a campaign presenting themselves as the bulwark against the far-right. Continue reading...

WorldThe Guardian1h ago

Latest German election humiliation puts Merz on borrowed time as CDU unrest grows

Chancellor acknowledges disastrous state election results but vow to push on is likely to further alienate voters, and his own party • Europe live – latest updates Friedrich Merz called it a “disaster”, and that was even before the full scale of the catastrophe for himself and his conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) came into view after Sunday’s state elections . In what one outlet called a “power move” , the German chancellor made a highly unusual televised speech just minutes after polls closed in the states of Berlin and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, attempting to get ahead of the narrative with a pledge to stay on and fight for his economic recovery programme . Continue reading...

WorldNPR2h ago

German chancellor stands his ground after his party loses in state elections

German Chancellor Freidrich Merz conceded that the night spells "disaster" for the political center, but assured the public he'd push ahead with his federal agenda of tax and welfare reforms.

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