# Live: Merz to address AfD vote win

https://mins.news/en/video/48273

- DW News, 2026-09-07 10:45 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOG8kqTyRHU

> German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is under pressure ahead of a Berlin press conference after his Christian Democrats suffered a humiliating defeat to the Alternative for Germany in Saxony-Anhalt’s regional election. The CDU’s support fell to 17.2%, raising serious questions about mainstream parties’ longstanding “firewall” against cooperation with the AfD.

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