# German far-right AfD poll winner says Merz’s ‘twilight’ has begun after state election defeats

https://mins.news/en/item/67151

- euronews, 2026-09-21 10:09 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/09/21/ticking-clock-german-far-right-afd-poll-winner-says-merz-twilight-has-begun-after-state-el

> Germany’s far-right AfD, which topped a poll, said Friedrich Merz’s “twilight” had begun after a string of state election defeats. Merz has also struggled to advance promised economic and social welfare reforms with his SPD coalition partners.

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