After polls closed on Sunday, the BBC said the AfD was on track to win the most votes in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and that Chancellor Friedrich Merz called the result a disaster while vowing to stay on. CBS News, citing ARD, put his Christian Democratic Union (CDU) at 5 percent there — the lowest state result for the party since the Second World War — and said he would still press reforms.
The BBC said that in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern the CDU was projected only just to scrape into parliament while the far-right AfD was on track to win the most votes. Merz called the result a disaster for his party and vowed to stay on despite damaging losses also suggested in Berlin. Those pages stop at the figures they printed. A later official tally is not on these pages.[1], [2]
CBS News said ARD exit polls indicated the CDU came in at 5 percent in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, the lowest result for the party in any state since the Second World War. Official tallies were still pending in the BBC's earlier account of the same Sunday night. Those pages stop at the figures they printed. A later official tally is not on these pages.[2], [1]
CBS News said Merz would still move ahead with his government's reform agenda and argued that economic and political problems made difficult reforms more urgent. He asked for backbone, steadfastness and patience as CDU chairman and chancellor. Those pages stop at the figures they printed. A later official tally is not on these pages.[2]
