Merz Election Disaster (The Duran)

Germany's political map is being redrawn as the CDU crashes below the five percent threshold in Merkel's own home state and the AfD surges to 38 percent in Mecklenburg while doubling its vote in Berlin. In this episode we break down why Berlin has fallen to Die Linke, the direct descendant of East Germany's ruling Communist Party, and why Merz is now what Mercouris calls a dead man walking. With the SPD sliding into terminal decline and the CDU already hunting for a replacement chancellor, is German politics witnessing a permanent realignment or just another passing crisis?



[Posted at the SpookyWeather2 blog, September 22, 2026.]