Germany: AfD leads in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Merz's CDU slumps to 7%
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Germany's far-right AfD is leading in polls ahead of regional elections in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania on September 20, while Chancellor Friedrich Merz's centre-right CDU has fallen to just 7%, according to a new ZDF poll.
This is a short WorldPing brief. The full report was published by France 24.
About 150,000 demonstrators took to the streets in around 20 cities across Germany on Saturday against the far-right AfD, after the party scored a crushing victory in a state election last week.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by France 24