Germany Votes at Extremes and Corners Merz: How Long Is It Legitimate to Resist?
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How long will German Chancellor Friedrich Merz resist? Three regional defeats in just three weeks have put his match against the strings.
Germany lived a day of key elections in the states of Berlin (capital) and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, which recorded wins by Die Linke (The Left) and the toughest right of Alternative for Germany (AfD), while the big loser was the CDU, by Chancellor Friedrich Merz. In fact, German media are already beginning to speak ... Continue reading "Germany is getting closer to the extremes, while Friedrich Merz's government hangs by a thread"
Fragmented by electoral setbacks against the far right and the radical left, Chancellor Friedrich Merz promised on Monday to maintain his government with the Social Democrats, believing that it was about the "democratic future" of Germany.
The German Chancellor, although recognizing a "disaster" election of his party, the CDU, in the regional elections of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Berlin on Sunday, tries to contain the debate about his political future.
The day after the double defeat in Berlin and Mecklenburg, the chancellor defended himself: "The country and the party must remain anchored to the EU and the West. We left nationalism behind." In the capital, Linke ready to dialogue with Spd and Greens. Coalition red-red-green also in the Land on the Baltic
"The vote goes beyond my person, we live a profound change in the party system in Germany." (ANSA)
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