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2026-09-21 07:52:10
[CDU Fails to Enter German State Parliament for the First Time] Preliminary results of the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania state election, released early on the 21st, showed that Chancellor Merz's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) garnered only 4.9% of the vote, failing to cross the 5% threshold and thus failing to enter the state parliament for the first time in its post-World War II history. The CDU's vote share dropped 8.4 percentage points compared to the 2021 election. Merz issued a statement on the evening of the 20th, when exit polls were released, calling the election results "a disaster," but he also emphasized that the government would continue to push forward with reforms and was committed to rebuilding public trust. (Xinhua)
