# Merz’s election setback: What does it mean for Germany?

https://mins.news/en/video/67571

- France 24 English, 2026-09-21 15:02 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ES8H18YnYsg

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

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