The German Christian Democratic Union suffered a historic failure in the land parliamentary elections, in particular, for the first time it did not get into the Landtag in the lands of Mecklenburg - Western Pomerania. — Ukrinform.
The preliminary official results were presented by the land parliament, Ukrinform reports.
In this land on the northern ladder of the Federal Republic of Germany, the CDU fell below the 5% barrier.
The victory in Mecklenburg - Vorpommern was won by the far-right Alternative for Germany Day (38.2 percent, +21.5 percentage points), this is their second victory in the land elections in the last 2 weeks.
Criticism of Chancellor Friedrich Merz is growing within the Conservative Party. Late on Sunday evening in Berlin, according to Stern, CDU members of the prime ministers of different states got together and consulted for almost two hours. At that time, it was not yet known that the CDU had left parliament in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
The right holds a press conference on Monday and talks about phenomenal success.
Meanwhile, in Berlin last Sunday, the Left Party won (25.7 percent, +13.4 percentage points), moving from the position of CDU leader (18.8 percent).
As Ukrinform reported, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, after the defeat of the Christian Democratic Union led by him in the elections in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, announced his intention to continue reforms in his post.