# REPLAY: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz speaks after regional election defeat

https://mins.news/en/video/67373

- France 24 English, 2026-09-21 12:55 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9_8VoE7cdg

> German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and CDU representatives held a press conference on Monday, September 21, after the party suffered its worst regional election defeat in postwar Germany. The CDU fell below the 5% threshold for entering the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania state parliament, while Merz called the result a “disaster”.

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