Chancellor in crisis: How Friedrich Merz wants to stop his loss of power
The Chancellor is travelling to Finland, but the domestic political crisis is accompanying him. Could his term in office end after just 16 months? Merz is fighting for his power. And polishing a strategy.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is facing a crisis in his leadership after his party, the CDU, suffered a significant loss in the state elections in Sachsen-Anhalt. The CDU was outperformed by the far-right AfD, leading to growing doubts about Merz's leadership within his own party. Recently, Merz attended a meeting in Dortmund before traveling to Rovaniemi, Finland, for a summit on European Arctic policy.
He had previously hosted a meeting with EU leaders in Berlin to prepare for a NATO summit in Ankara. Merz's leadership is being questioned amid comparisons to UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who recently lost his position after an internal party revolt.
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