German state elections: Chancellor Friedrich Merz vows to stay on despite ‘disaster’ in polls
Embattled German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has vowed to stay in office despite exit polls in two local elections suggesting damaging defeats for his centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party. In the northeastern state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, the party was projected to barely make it to parliament with the worst election result in its history, while the … Read more