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Merz under pressure as two more German states go to the polls

Global Published 20 September 2026, 10:53 · archived 20 Sep 2026

BERLIN: German voters go to the polls on Sunday in two state elections ​that look likely to heap more pressure on struggling Chancellor Friedrich Merz, whose future has been in the balance since the far right’s triumph ‌in another regional vote this month. The elections in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, a largely rural state in the formerly communist east, and the capital Berlin follow the September 6 election in Saxony-Anhalt, where the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) came close to the rare feat of winning an absolute majority. Regional elections would not usually draw much interest o...

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