First Squawk(@FirstSquawk):FRIEDRICH MERZ SAID HE WOULD STAY AS GERMAN CHANCELLOR DESPITE HIS PARTY'S WORST-EVER STATE ELECTION RESULT, WITH THE CDU WINNING 4.9% IN MECKLENBURG-WESTERN POMERANIA — JUST MISSING THE 5% THRESHOLD TO ENTER PARLIAMENT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN POST-WWII HISTORY — WHILE THE FAR-RIGHT AFD WON WITH 38.3% AND THE SPD CAME A CLOSE SECOND AT 35.4%.

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2026.09.20 20:23

FRIEDRICH MERZ SAID HE WOULD STAY AS GERMAN CHANCELLOR DESPITE HIS PARTY'S WORST-EVER STATE ELECTION RESULT, WITH THE CDU WINNING 4.9% IN MECKLENBURG-WESTERN POMERANIA — JUST MISSING THE 5% THRESHOLD TO ENTER PARLIAMENT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN POST-WWII HISTORY — WHILE THE FAR-RIGHT AFD WON WITH 38.3% AND THE SPD CAME A CLOSE SECOND AT 35.4%.