# German Chancellor Friedrich Merz says he won’t resign despite exit polls in two local elections suggesting damaging defeats for his centre-right Christian Democratic Union party. The far-right Alternative for Germany is projected to win the north-eastern state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern at 38-percent. In the other election, the left-wing Die Linke party leads in Berlin at 26-percent. Merz called the exit poll results a disaster for his party, but emphasised that what is needed now is reform to address Germany’s economic issues and deepening divisions.
German Chancellor Merz defiant as his party is projected to lose in two state elections