German Chancellor and CDU Chairman Mertz said on the 21st that although the party failed to cross the 5% state assembly threshold in the eastern Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania state assembly election held on the 20th, the CDU will continue to maintain its ruling coalition with the Social Democratic Party. Mertz said at a press conference on the same day that the election results in Meiqian are “dramatic and unprecedented” for the CDU. This is a “heavy blow” and the effects will last for a long time.

German Chancellor and CDU Chairman Mertz said on the 21st that although the party failed to cross the 5% state assembly threshold in the eastern Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania state assembly election held on the 20th, the CDU will continue to maintain its ruling coalition with the Social Democratic Party. Mertz said at a press conference on the same day that the election results in Meiqian are “dramatic and unprecedented” for the CDU. This is a “heavy blow” and the effects will last for a long time.