# Europe Today: AfD’s win piles pressure on Merz as Ukraine scrambles to fund the war

https://mins.news/en/video/49273

- euronews, 2026-09-08 06:59 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJ1w1J3iwz8

> Chancellor Friedrich Merz is under growing pressure a day after the AfD secured a historic victory in Saxony-Anhalt. Ukraine is facing an increasingly difficult economic task in maintaining funding for its war against Russia, while thousands attended Ratko Mladić’s pompous funeral in Serbia yesterday.

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