German Elections Deal Blow to Chancellor Merz

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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's CDU party suffered significant defeats in recent state elections in Berlin and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. In Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, the CDU narrowly missed the 5% threshold for parliamentary representation, a historic low. Berlin saw the CDU lose nearly a third of its support. These losses follow a previous defeat in Saxony-Anhalt, where the AfD came out ahead. The results increase pressure on the unpopular chancellor.