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Cover image: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's televised address seen from a TV studio in Schwerin on September 20, 2026. © Marcus Brandt, German voters have delivered a fresh setback to Chancellor Friedrich Merz in two key regional elections. In Berlin, exit polls put the left-wing Die Linke ahead of Merz’s CDU. And in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, the far-right AfD is projected to finish first, narrowly ahead of the Social Democrats.
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