Frankfurt (Germany), 21 Sept. (LaPresse) – “These elections mark a major turning point. It is a dramatic, unprecedented result for the CDU in Germany: we failed to clear the 5 per cent threshold and an entire CDU faction is being ousted from the regional parliament.” This was stated by Chancellor and CDU leader Friedrich Merz, commenting on the election results in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Berlin. “It is a severe blow and its effects will be felt for a long time to come. We will have to discuss the consequences of this result at length,” added Merz. In Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, the CDU secured 4.9 per cent, failing to secure a seat in the Landtag for the first time. “We were about 1,000 votes short of re-entering the Landtag,” he emphasised. According to Merz, the result is also linked to the “sharp contrast between the SPD and the AfD”: “Caught in the middle, the CDU in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania was crushed”. In Berlin, he added, the CDU’s lead candidate, Stefan Evers, achieved “under extremely difficult conditions” a result that was “nevertheless considerable”, even though the party remained “below our expectations and our potential”.
Germany: Merz, a major turning point for the CDU, a dramatic result in Mecklenburg
Frankfurt (Germany), 21 Sept. (LaPresse) – “These elections mark a major turning point. It is a dramatic, unprecedented result for the CDU in Germany: we failed to clear the 5 per cent threshold and an entire CDU faction is being ousted from the regional parliament.” This was stated by Chancellor and CDU leader Friedrich Merz, commenting on the election results in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Berlin. “It is a severe blow and its effects will be felt for a long time to come. We will have to discuss the consequences of this result at length,” added Merz. In Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, the CDU secured 4.9 per cent, failing to secure a seat in the Landtag for the first time. “We were about 1,000 votes short of re-entering the Landtag,” he emphasised. According to Merz, the result is also linked to the “sharp contrast between the SPD and the AfD”: “Caught in the middle, the CDU in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania was crushed”. In Berlin, he added, the CDU’s lead candidate, Stefan Evers, achieved “under extremely difficult conditions” a result that was “nevertheless considerable”, even though the party remained “below our expectations and our potential”.