German state elections pose fresh challenge to CDU leader Merz

September 20, 2026 Friedrich Merz Germany

Germans voted in state elections on September 20, 2026, that threatened further setbacks for CDU leader Friedrich Merz. The far-right, pro-Trump, Moscow-friendly AfD party had dealt Merz a defeat two weeks earlier, prompting questions about his sustained political support.

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Looks like the Left might be headed for a victory in Germany. In Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Friedrich Merz's center-right CDU party is an onlooker to the main battle between center-left SPD and far-right AfD. In Berlin, the chancellor's party is trailing the...