Elections: CDU politicians in MV fear failure to clear the five percent hurdle
A new state parliament will be elected in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern on September 20. The CDU is at seven percent in polls - and is approaching the five percent hurdle.
CDU officials in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern are expressing concerns about the party's chances of entering the state parliament ahead of the September 20 landtagswahl. Deputy CDU faction leader Marc Reinhardt and former party and faction leader Eckhardt Rehberg have voiced worries that the party may fail to clear the 5% hurdle. A recent poll by the Forschungsgruppe Wahlen puts the CDU at 7%, which would be its worst result in a state election since the founding of the Federal Republic. CDU leader Daniel Peters described the party's situation as "serious" and an "existence struggle".
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