Germany’s CDU Is Thrown Out of State Parliament, but Why Is Chancellor Merz Still Refusing to Go?
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21 Articles
After the election defeats in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Berlin, the CDU is under pressure. Florian Schmidt analyses the Merz course in the "phoenix rounde".
In Mecklenburg-Vorpommern of all places, Angela Merkel's home, the CDU flew out of the Landtag. The party is shocked. In the constituency of the former chancellor, however, they find it »logical«.
Germany’s CDU is thrown out of state parliament, but why is Chancellor Merz still refusing to go?
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is facing repeated questions about his political future after the CDU suffered major setbacks in recent state elections. The party failed to clear the 5% threshold in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, while also losing ground in Berlin, intensifying scrutiny of Merz’s leadership. Merz has rejected any immediate leadership debate, saying nobody in the CDU leadership has questioned his position and insisting he will c…
Two days after the electoral disaster in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Merz is on the agenda for the debate in the Union Group. The displeasure is great, but in the end the discipline prevails.
For the first time, the CDU failed to pass the five percent electoral threshold in northeastern Germany, the political home of former Chancellor Angela Merkel. The German media are now writing that Merkel recommends learning a lesson from Konrad Adenauer.
One day after the historic crash of the CDU in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Angela Merkel spoke. The former Chancellor explains that a People's Party must build bridges – also "between people with and without a history of migration".
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