Merz warns CDU shaken to its core after Saxony-Anhalt defeat

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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz told the CDU federal executive committee on Monday that the party's election defeat in Saxony-Anhalt was "dramatic," expressing shock at the AfD's success and warning the party system is being shaken to its foundations. Merz said the CDU failed to establish an emotional connection with voters and called for open discussion of internal leadership problems to overcome the crisis.


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