https://th-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/e36heq/article70723777.ece/alternates/LANDSCAPE_1200/2026-03-09T131247Z_1517248264_RC201KA3SN6V_RTRMADP_3_GERMANY-ELECTION-CDU-REACTION-MERZ.JPGMerz’s party stumbles into a year of German state elections with a narrow defeat

Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s party has made a disappointing start to a year packed with German state elections, suffering a narrow defeat in an important industrial region after a prominent candidate powered the environmentalist Greens to a come-from-behind victory

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