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German Chancellor Merz calls state election a ‘disaster’ for his party but vows to stay on

ByAdu-Gyasi Dennis

Sep 20, 2026

Exit polls show damaging losses for Merz’s centre-right CDU party in the states of Berlin and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

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