German chancellor Merz’s CDU party set to suffer heavy losses in regional elections
2 sources·Updated September 20, 2026

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- Irish Independent World·3h agoExit polls show Merz’s party suffering heavy losses in German state election
Exit polls for the state elections, in Berlin and in the eastern state of Mecklenburg Vorpommern, both showed the CDU trailing far behind the hard-Right Alternative for Germany (AfD)
Read at Irish Independent World → - Financial Times·3h agoGerman chancellor Merz’s CDU party set to suffer heavy losses in regional elections
Exit polls show CDU slightly above the 5 per cent threshold for parliamentary representation in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
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