The far right is soaring in the German regional elections and deepening Chancellor Merz's CDU crisis
AfD ganaría en Mecklemburgo Pomerania y los poscomunistas de Die Linke en Berlín, según los sondeos
The far-right party AfD has won elections in the German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, with 37% of the vote, narrowly ahead of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) with 35.5%. In Berlin, where elections were also held, the left-wing party Die Linke has emerged as the largest party with 26% of the vote, followed by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and AfD.
The elections were marked by a significant increase in support for AfD, but the party is unlikely to form a government due to opposition from other parties. CDU leader Friedrich Merz has acknowledged the party's poor results, describing them as a "disaster" in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
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