The AfD once again received the most votes in Germany's regional elections
"Alternative for Germany" won about 38% of the vote in the state parliament election in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. According to DW, the election results in the two states could influence the political future of Chancellor Friedrich Merz.
The far-right party came in first with approximately 33–38% of the vote—various sources provide slightly different figures due to the unofficial counting stage. The Social Democrats took second place, garnering about 35%.
The Left Party and the Greens also cleared the 5 percent threshold, while Merz’s conservative party and Sara Wagenknecht’s left-populist alliance are hovering just above the threshold.
In the capital, the Left Party is in the lead with about a quarter of the votes. Second place went to Merz’s conservatives, while the far right came in third with about 16%. Wagenknecht’s alliance is not projected to make it into parliament.
Two weeks earlier, that same far-right party won a decisive victory in the Saxony-Anhalt election, garnering nearly 44 percent of the vote—while the conservatives lost nearly half their support compared to the previous election.
These elections conclude a series of votes in the eastern part of the country that directly affect the chancellor’s political future.
The media are already discussing the possible replacement of Merz with another politician without a snap election—on the evening of election day, he convened the party leadership to ask them directly: do they support him in office, or not? Among the possible successors, the head of the most populous federal state is most often mentioned.
Source: Deutsche Welle
Earlier, Merz called his party’s performance in the German elections a disaster.
As a reminder, nearly half of Germans expect Merz to resign by the end of the year.
Merz also stated that Russia is building submarines to destroy cables.
Prior to that, Friedrich Merz had reaffirmed his unwavering support for Ukraine.
Meanwhile, in Germany, the leader of the Greens called on Merz’s government to get its act together.
