# REPLAY: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in post-vote comments

https://mins.news/en/item/67368

- France 24, 2026-09-21 12:56 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/replay-german-chancellor-friedrich-merz-in-post-vote-comments

> German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and CDU representatives held a press conference after the party’s worst regional election defeat in postwar Germany. Merz called the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania result a “disaster” after the CDU fell below the 5% threshold for state parliament entry. Merz and Berlin candidate Stefan Evers pledged to preserve the coalition for a “democratic future” but offered no concrete remedies, according to FRANCE 24’s Europe editor.

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