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Report from Berlin: Merz dismisses renouncing after the CDU's electoral defeat

From the headquarters of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), the German Chancellor, Friedrich Merz, said that he will not give up his post after the defeat of his party in the elections for the Berlin City Hall, in which the left party was won, and after the AfD consolidated his electoral ascent in Mecklemburgo- Western Pomerania. Merz stated that the result "responds to his person" and that these are more profound changes that the country demands. Report from our correspondent, Valentina Godoy.

21 Sept 2026, 17:37 UTC

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"The chancellor's sunset has begun": the pressure is growing on Merz after his electoral debacle in Germany

The German ultra-right, embodied in the AfD, consolidates its electoral ascent following the victory of Sunday in the Mecklemburgo- Western Pomerania region to the detriment of the official Christian Democratic Union (CDU), which also lost ground in Berlin in front of the Left Party. This chain of defeats has in the hands of German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, who, however, advocated to maintain his conservative coalition in the name of the country's "democratic future."

21 Sept 2026, 15:31 UTC