For the first time since 1949, the Christian Democratic Union has fallen below the 5% threshold in a regional election, the minimum required to gain seats in the local parliament.
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Berlin vote this Sunday, two weeks after a far-right breakthrough in Saxony-Anhalt that shook the German Chancellor's coalition.
Voters in Berlin and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania are going to the polls on Sunday in elections that could further weaken Chancellor Friedrich Merz's governing coalition.
Regional elections are being held on Sunday, September 20 in Germany, in Berlin and in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, with Die Linke leading in polls in the capital.
Following an electoral setback for his party in Saxony-Anhalt, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz faces questions about his political standing as new regional elections approach.
Berlin unveiled Friday fuel price relief measures, just days after Chancellor Friedrich Merz made a public commitment, as two regional votes seen as risky for those in power approach.
As regional elections approach on September 20, the AfD hopes to wrest the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania from the Social Democrats, a region still marked by unemployment stemming from German reunification in 1990.
According to France 24, Berlin residents gathered at the Brandenburg Gate to protest the rise of the far-right after regional elections in Saxony-Anhalt.