# Live: German Chancellor fights for political survival

https://mins.news/en/video/67081

- DW News, 2026-09-21 08:55 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5cDmzMLAd8

> Pressure is mounting on German Chancellor Friedrich Merz after devastating CDU results in state elections in Berlin and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The program examines the election-night takeaways, the vote’s winners and losers, and what the results may mean for Merz and Germany’s political future.

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