# Germany’s Merz Says State Election Result Marks ‘Deep Turning Point’

https://mins.news/en/video/67534

- Bloomberg Television, 2026-09-21 14:30 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWcFLL6jcs8

> Chancellor Friedrich Merz said the election result in the Baltic coast state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania marks a “deep turning point.” His Christian Democratic Union crashed out of a regional parliament there for the first time in Germany’s post-World War II history.

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