THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - Populist AfD Wins Another German State Election as Ruling Party Suffers Historic Defeat.
Chancellor Friedrich Merz's CDU has suffered more unprecedented losses in Germany's state elections, raising questions about his leadership as the populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) advances.
Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s CDU has suffered more unprecedented losses in Germany’s state elections , raising questions about his leadership as the populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) advances. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Germany’s Alternative for Germany (AfD ) party has scored another major state election victory, emerging as the largest party in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania as Chancellor (Prime Minister) Friedrich Merz’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU ) suffered a historic defeat. The AfD won around 38.2 percent of the vote, narrowly ahead of the left-wing Social Democratic Party (SPD). The CDU, formerly led by Angela Merkel, fell to just 4.9 percent and failed to clear the five percent threshold required to secure seats…Open