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SPD and CDU lose in Berlin and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, a historic defeat for the CDU. And: Will electricity prices in Germany soon fall?
The CDU has suffered a significant defeat in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, failing to pass the 5% threshold in a Landtag election for the first time in the Federal Republic. In Berlin, the CDU came in behind the Left party, while the SPD lost and came in second behind the AfD in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. In the Berlin state parliament, the SPD will have the smallest faction. Chancellor Friedrich Merz, who wants to remain in office despite the election losses, has described a "deep caesura".
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