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2026-09-21 00:40:10
On September 20th, local time, after the exit polls for the Berlin City Council and the Mecklenburg-Western Pomeranian (Mecklenburg-Western Po) parliamentary elections were released, German Chancellor Merz stated that the election results were a disaster for his Christian Democratic Union (CDU). Merz pointed out that the election results showed that the German public's "trust in state institutions is continuing to decline," and that the current changes have brought "many challenges and new uncertainties." He also emphasized that "we cannot go back to the good old days; we must make changes, and Germany must become a country that embodies the vitality of a new beginning." (Source: CCTV International News)
