Germany’s chancellor can only lose in today’s vote as Europe watches Saxony-Anhalt

The streets have been tense for days ahead of the Saxony-Anhalt election. Numerous organizations have organized protests, and police are preparing in force to secure the cities.

Friedrich Merz has publicly rejected speculation about his position, insisting that everything is being done to prevent radicalism from gaining ground. But the source presents two possible outcomes as dangerous for him: an AfD victory or the formation of an unstable and unworkable forced coalition. Either, it says, could start a domino effect leading to Merz’s downfall and a complete reshaping of Germany’s political landscape.

Security expert György Nógrádi told Magyar Nemzet that Germany does not simply remove a chancellor on command. Under the constitution, parliament must choose the next chancellor before replacing the current one. In his assessment, that task is beyond the capabilities of Germany’s current political elite.

Merz could be removed only if the CDU put forward another chancellor. The party would also have to persuade its coalition partner, the SPD, as well as the CSU. A national election could bring unpleasant surprises from the AfD, Nógrádi said, and that prospect is helping keep Merz in office.

At the same time, Nógrádi said Merz’s position inside the CDU is continuously weakening. Dissatisfaction is increasing week by week, he said, making it possible that the party could eventually accept a higher political cost to remove its own leader.

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In Germany, they do not simply bring down a chancellor with a snap of the fingers.