A CDU politician says it is “not right” to discuss Friedrich Merz’s future just one day after the far-right AfD wins a major share of the vote in Saxony-Anhalt. CDU MP Günter Krings describes the election results as “devastating,” adding that the outcome is “even worse than expected.”
Krings’s comments come in the immediate aftermath of the vote, in which AfD is reported to have won 43.8% of the vote. The outlets reporting on the statement frame the remarks as part of the reaction within Germany’s political establishment to the election outcome, while focusing less on policy details and more on internal party and leadership discussion.
