# Germany’s great divide: Is Friedrich Merz losing the center?

https://mins.news/en/video/69755

- DW News, 2026-09-22 23:08 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGYEZ2xSCiE

> German Chancellor Friedrich Merz called the latest state election results a “disaster.” The AfD surged in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, while the socialist Left Party won in Berlin, delivering another setback to Germany’s political center and raising questions about whether Merz is losing control of the political narrative.

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