# Why Germany’s political center is losing ground

https://mins.news/en/video/66919

- DW News, 2026-09-21 02:59 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qo_47V87z4Q

> Chancellor Friedrich Merz called the CDU’s result a “disaster” after the far-right Alternative for Germany won again in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. In Berlin, the Left party came out ahead, offering fresh signs that Germany’s political center is weakening.

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