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Victories by far left and far right show Germans sick of politics as usual

Washington Post World Tuesday 22 September 2026, 19:34 UTC By Mary Ilyushina, Maegan Vazquez 1 min read
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BERLIN — An audible gasp swept through the watch party of the Christian Democratic Union — the party of Chancellor Friedrich Merz and mainstay force in German politics — as election results on Sunday evening showed it failing to win seats in a state legislature for the first time since the party’s founding in 1945. Democracy Dies in Darkness Victories by far left and far right show Germans sick of politics as usual In a striking show of antiestablishment voter sentiment, the Left won in...

BERLIN — An audible gasp swept through the watch party of the Christian Democratic Union — the party of Chancellor Friedrich Merz and mainstay force in German politics — as election results on Sunday evening showed it failing to win seats in a state legislature for the first time since the party’s founding in 1945. Democracy Dies in Darkness Victories by far left and far right show Germans sick of politics as usual In a striking show of antiestablishment voter sentiment, the Left won in Berlin on the same night that the far-right Alternative for Germany won in Mecklenburg-West Pomerania.
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