# ‘Not right’ to discuss Merz’s future a day after AfD win, CDU politician says

https://mins.news/en/video/48165

- euronews, 2026-09-07 09:34 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxEjFCxNy2k

> CDU politician and German MP Günter Krings called the Saxony-Anhalt election result “devastating” and said the situation was “even worse than expected” after the far-right AfD took 43.8% of the vote. He said it was “not right” to discuss Friedrich Merz’s future just one day after the result.

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