# IN BRIEF: What we know about AfD, Left Party victories, CDU defeat in Germany’s elections

https://mins.news/en/item/67283

- TASS, 2026-09-21 11:59 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://tass.com/world/2190665

> The CDU failed to clear Germany’s 5% threshold in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern for the first time, taking 4.9% as the AfD won 38.2%. The Left Party secured its first victory in elections to Berlin’s House of Representatives with 25.7%. Chancellor Friedrich Merz called the CDU’s result a catastrophe but said he intends to remain party chairman and chancellor.

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