A Social Democrat (S&D) MEP says people have “lost their trust” in Germany’s governing coalition led by Friedrich Merz after recent regional election results. Sabrina Repp, who represents the S&D group, says the coalition is now under “lots of pressure.”
The reports frame the comments as a reaction to the election outcome and as a signal of political strain within the coalition. Both accounts note that the coalition includes Repp’s party and Merz’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU). While the outlets focus on Repp’s assessment of public sentiment, they do not add specific details on the election results or outline responses from the coalition itself.
Overall, the two sources present the same core claim: that the regional election results increase pressure on the coalition because they are interpreted as reflecting reduced trust.
