Merz pledges German reforms after CDU suffers historic state-election losses
Chancellor Friedrich Merz said he would remain in office and pursue economic reforms after his CDU posted record-low results in two German state elections.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said he would remain in office and continue his government's economic reform agenda after losses in Berlin and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
ARD exit polling put the CDU at 5% in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, its lowest result in any state since World War II, and at 20% in Berlin behind the Left party.