AfD leads in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Left wins Berlin in state elections
Chancellor Friedrich Merz calls CDU result a catastrophe and vows to stay in office as far-right party surges in the east.
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- AfD leads in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern with about 36 percent, nearly tied with SPD
- Left Party wins in Berlin according to exit polls
- CDU falls to around 6 percent in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, risking parliamentary exclusion
- Chancellor Merz calls CDU result a catastrophe but vows to remain party leader and chancellor
- Elections seen as critical test for Merz after AfD surge in Saxony-Anhalt
Germans voted on Sunday in state elections in Berlin and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, two weeks after the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) won about 44 percent in Saxony-Anhalt. Exit polls show the AfD leading in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern with roughly 36 percent, nearly tied with the Social Democrats (SPD) led by state premier Manuela Schwesig. In Berlin, the Left Party (Die Linke) emerged as the strongest force, while the Christian Democrats (CDU) slumped to around 6 percent in the eastern state, risking failure to clear the 5 percent threshold for the state parliament.
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