Merz calls CDU's regional election result a 'disaster' in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
The party fell below the 5% threshold needed to enter the state parliament, marking its worst postwar regional defeat.
According to France 24, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and CDU representatives held a press conference on Monday, September 21, following the party's worst regional election defeat in postwar Germany.
Merz described the result in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania as a "disaster," as the CDU fell below the 5% threshold required to enter the state parliament, France 24 reported.
Markus Ziener, a Helmut Schmidt fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States, discussed the implications of the result, according to the report.
Sources
- Merz’s election setback: What it means for Germany? — France 24 — English
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