# Germany’s Merz struggles to stay on track after humiliating regional election defeat

https://mins.news/en/item/67286

- The Associated Press, 2026-09-21 12:00 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://bit.ly/4cS19VQ

> German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is under pressure to steady his position and keep his agenda moving after voters handed his party two further defeats, including its first-ever expulsion from a state legislature.

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