Coalition Chaos: Merz's Last Stand? German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's coalition teeters on the brink of collapse after two disastrous elections in Mecklenburg Vorpommern and Berlin.
The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party, once a stalwart of German politics, has suffered a series of crushing blows, with the far right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party making significant gains.
Merz's response to these election results is marked by deflection. Instead of taking responsibility for his party's failures, he shifts the blame onto external factors.