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- Chancellor Friedrich Merz vowed to stay after the CDU fell below the 5 percent threshold in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
- The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) topped the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania vote with over one-third of ballots.
- An ARD poll found only one in ten respondents satisfied with Merz, the lowest level since 1997.
- Prof. Wolfgang Schroeder warned the CDU lacks an attractive replacement for Merz, risking a party crisis.