# German Chancellor Merz vows to stay on despite ‘disaster’ in state elections

https://mins.news/en/item/66420

- BBC News, 2026-09-20 16:50 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvwyz29n0nn2o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> Chancellor Friedrich Merz says he will remain in office despite exit polls indicating damaging defeats for his centre-right CDU in Berlin and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The AfD is projected to win the most votes in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, while Berlin’s CDU is expected to trail Die Linke. Merz called the outcome “a disaster.”

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