# Exit polls show ‘disaster’ for Merz’s CDU in two state elections

https://mins.news/en/item/66430

- France 24, 2026-09-20 16:54 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/exit-polls-show-disaster-for-merz-cdu-party-in-two-state-elections

> Germans voted today in state elections in Berlin and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Exit polls point to a dramatic setback for Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s Christian Democratic Union.

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