# Sorbonne professor Hans Stark: ‘Merz is in a very, very fragile situation’

https://mins.news/en/item/67370

- France 24, 2026-09-21 12:25 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/perspective/20260921-sorbonne-professor-hans-stark-merz-is-in-a-very-very-fragile-situation

> The far-right AfD says it has become Germany’s new “people’s party” after securing its second regional election victory in two weeks, increasing pressure on the poorly performing CDU and Chancellor Friedrich Merz. The far-left also advanced with a third regional win in Berlin. Sorbonne professor Hans Stark says Merz is in a very fragile position, though no obvious successor has emerged.

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