# ‘Disaster’: Merz reacts to record German election defeat

https://mins.news/en/video/66941

- Bloomberg Television, 2026-09-21 07:11 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoNYGgWX_FE

> Friedrich Merz said he would remain Germany’s chancellor after his party suffered its worst-ever result in a state election, with the conservatives on course to lose their place in a regional assembly.

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