# ‘A disaster’: German Chancellor Merz is in trouble again

https://mins.news/en/video/66923

- euronews, 2026-09-21 06:53 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0q42oQr4Mw

> German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is facing renewed pressure to resign after his CDU party suffered heavy losses in two state elections. Merz described the result as “a disaster.”

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