# ‘A disaster’ – Merz’s migraine-triggering electoral defeat

https://mins.news/en/item/66891

- euronews, 2026-09-21 06:45 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/09/21/a-disaster-merzs-migraine-triggering-electoral-defeat

> Germany is among the main focuses of attention on Monday morning after Friedrich Merz described the electoral defeat as “a disaster”.

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