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Germany's conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) will not enter the next parliament in the northeastern state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, according to a projection by Germany's top public broadcaster ARD.
The latest predictions published by ARD put the party of Chancellor Friedrich Merz at 4.9%, cementing its worst-ever defeat in a state election of this kind. At the same time, another German broadcaster, ZDF, still foresees its winning 5% of the vote.
The conservative party is not the only one in danger of falling below the legal limit, with the leftist populist Sahra Wagenknech Alliance (BSW) also seemingly just below the threshold.
If both of these factions are kept out of the next parliament, the new assembly would have only four parties: the far-right AfD, the center-left SPD, the socialist Left Party, and the environmentally friendly Greens.
The AfD would still require a coalition partner to form a majority.
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In Berlin, the far-left Left Party is projected to secure over 25% of the vote in the Sunday polls in the German capital, giving it 44 lawmakers in Berlin's state parliament of 159 seats, according to latest projections. Meanwhile in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania the far-right AfD is projected to have 30 seats, with the center-left SPD on 28, out of a total of 71 seats.
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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz set a defiant tone after blows sustained by his conservative CDU party in the votes in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Berlin.
"The result in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania cannot be talked away, it's a disaster," Merz said in a statement.
He pointed to Germany's economic problems and deepening divisions, saying that "the answer cannot be a return to the good old times."
Exit polls put Merz's center-right Christian Democratic Union at just 5% in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania — the lowest result ever since World War II for the party in any state.
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Initial projections from two state elections put pressure on Chancellor Friedrich Merz as both far-left and far-right parties surge to first place in local races in Berlin and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
In Berlin, the far-left Left Party has secured nearly 25% of the vote, ahead of Merz's conservative CDU party that secured 20% of the vote.
In Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, exit polls project that the far-right has surged into first place with 37% of the vote. In this largely rural state in eastern Germany, the conservative CDU has secured just 5.5% of the vote, barely making it into the state parliament.
The results come after the far-right AfD secured a historic win in Saxony-Anhalt two weeks ago.
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Japan has reached a historic milestone: more than 100,000 people are now aged 100 or older. But as one generation lives longer than ever, the country faces a very different challenge among its young.
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US President Donald Trump has said he is kicking CNN, MS NOW and Politico out of the White House because of how they have covered his administration.
"Media Outlets shouldn't be able to constantly write or report FICTION and LIES when they're covering the President of the United States, the Trump Administration, or the United States of America. Other Fake News Media Outlets to follow," he wrote in a social media post.
It's the most recent step in a number of restrictions his administration has put on the press since he returned to office.
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Canadian PM Mark Carney, known for pushing back against the US, now seeks a "unique alliance" with Europe.
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A person living near Frankfurt Airport has died from malaria, health officials reported on Thursday, September 17.
It brings the total number of malaria-related deaths linked to the airport this year to three.
The latest victim lived in a neighborhood bordering the airport. Like the two previous cases, the victim hadn't traveled to a malaria-endemic region. In late August, two Frankfurt Airport employees died after contracting the disease.
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Former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci has been found guilty of war crimes by the Kosovo war crimes tribunal in The Hague.
He was sentenced to 25 years in prison for crimes including murder, torture and illegal detention committed when he was the top commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) during the war for independence from Serbia in the 1990s.
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A DW investigation has revealed how so-called disposable agents carried out acts of sabotage across Europe.
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