# Could two state elections end Friedrich Merz’s chancellorship?

https://mins.news/en/video/66351

- DW News, 2026-09-20 14:53 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlCKl-PNoNU

> Germany is voting in crucial state elections in Berlin and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. After the AfD’s breakthrough in Saxony-Anhalt, Chancellor Friedrich Merz and his CDU face another major electoral test, with results and reactions being followed live.

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