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- Chancellor Friedrich Merz holds a record-low 13% approval rating.
- In early September, the CDU’s vote share in Saxony-Anhalt fell to half its 2021 level.
- Merz could resign, but his departure would not automatically dissolve the coalition government.
- A constructive vote of no-confidence needs a parliamentary majority, and no clear rival—State Premier Hendrik Wüst—has emerged.
