# Germany's Merz says CDU is ‘deeply shocked’ by AfD win

https://mins.news/en/video/48714

- The Associated Press, 2026-09-07 17:32 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKpVE2-EoTo

> Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Monday that he would continue pursuing unpopular reforms for Europe’s largest economy after the far-right AfD scored a landslide in a regional election. The party has a strong chance of forming Germany’s first far-right state government since the Nazi era.

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