PoliticsGermany: Could regional polls force Friedrich Merz to step down?

Regional elections are taking place in Berlin and the largely rural state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, both viewed as tests for centre-right Chancellor Friedrich Merz. Merz has scheduled a crisis meeting and will skip this week’s UN General Assembly to address the possible fallout, raising questions over whether the results could force him out.

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