#Mecklenburg Vorpommern

In the elections in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Berlin, the far-right AfD took first place, while Merz's conservatives posted a weak result. Experts are debating the Chancellor's future.

Exit polls on 21 September recorded the AfD's second consecutive victory in German state elections: 37% in Mecklenburg and 16% in Berlin. Chancellor Merz called the results a 'catastrophe' for the CDU, which may fail to clear the five-percent threshold.