# Germany’s Merz Vows to Stay After Record Election Loss

https://mins.news/en/video/67210

- Bloomberg Television, 2026-09-21 10:31 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nK6sAhD0qI

> Chancellor Friedrich Merz said he would remain in office after his Christian Democratic Union suffered its worst-ever result in a state election and failed to win enough votes for a single seat. The defeat has weakened his position, with rank-and-file members calling for the chancellor, who polls describe as the least popular of postwar Germany’s leaders, to step down after 16 months.

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