# Germany’s CDU suffers state election losses as Merz calls results a ‘disaster’

https://mins.news/en/video/67664

- Al Jazeera English, 2026-09-21 16:24 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3I_OCv71I4

> Germany’s governing CDU has suffered major losses in state elections, leading Chancellor Friedrich Merz to call the outcome a “disaster” and a “turning point”. Merz accepted personal responsibility and said Germany was undergoing a “profound transformation” of its party system. The report examines pressure from the far-right AfD in eastern Germany and the far-left Linke in Berlin, and whether the trend could reach western states.

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