# Chancellor Friedrich Merz: The sick man of Germany?

https://mins.news/en/item/49258

- euronews, 2026-09-08 06:53 UTC
- Politics
- Original: http://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/09/08/chancellor-friedrich-merz-the-sick-man-of-germany

> An election in the German region of Saxony-Anhalt is emerging as a dark omen for embattled Chancellor Friedrich Merz.

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