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21 September 2026

Merz vows to keep coalition together for Germany's 'democratic future'

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Source reporting: BBC World

Merz vows to keep coalition together for Germany's 'democratic future'

The chancellor has come under increasing pressure after resounding state election defeats, but says the results "go far beyond my own person"

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German leader Merz clings on after election 'disaster'

Despite seeing his party tumble to its worst regional election defeat in post-war Germany, Chancellor Friedrich Merz vows to stay in power after announcing the centre-left Social Democrats wanted to remain in a coalition with his conservatives.

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