# Globalists will replace Merz after CDU election failure, RDIF chief says

https://mins.news/en/item/68808

- TASS, 2026-09-22 11:38 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2191107

> RDIF chief Kirill Dmitriev said globalists would replace German Chancellor Friedrich Merz after the CDU’s poor showing in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern rather than change its political course. The CDU won 4.9%, its worst result in German state elections, while the AfD led with 38.2%.

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