Europe's security trumps debates about my future, Germany's Merz says
The CDU won 27.2% as the AfD rose to 15.9%, intensifying pressure on Merz over his leadership and reform agenda.
- On Monday, Chancellor Friedrich Merz urged colleagues to look beyond domestic debates, warning that European security is entering a decisive phase amid his record-low approval ratings.
- The right-wing AfD trounced Merz's conservatives in a state election last week, calling for a 180-degree turn in Germany's policy toward Russia and a restoration of ties with Moscow.
- Municipal elections in Lower Saxony saw the CDU win 27.2% of the vote, yet an INSA poll shows 78% of people oppose Merz as chancellor, with 58% of his own party seeking new leadership.
- Clara von Nathusius, treasurer of the CDU's youth wing, said the party has a credibility problem, telling ARD that "no more elections can be won with this chancellor."
- Facing a sterner test in two more state elections on Sunday, Merz is attempting to convince his party that European security is "much more important than some of the domestic debates we actually have.
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Preliminary results show that the CDU obtained 27.2% of the votes, with the Social Democrats registering 24.6%. AfD became the third most voted party, with 15.9%.
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Europe’s security trumps debates about my future, Germany’s Merz says
Germany’s under-fire Chancellor Friedrich Merz called on colleagues to look beyond debates about his political future on Monday, warning that the protection of Europe was entering a decisive phase in the coming weeks and months. A year after taking office, Merz’s position and his reform programme have come under pressure as his conservatives were trounced […]
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