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Merz calls state election defeat a shock but rejects calls for accountability

From Chosun Ilbo · () Korean

Translated from Korean and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

At a glance

News Named sources Outcome reported
  • German Chancellor Friedrich Merz described the far-right Alternative for Germany’s victory in the Saxony-Anhalt state election as one of the most serious defeats in decades.
  • Merz said the result marked a change in Saxony-Anhalt and across Germany and that he was deeply shocked.
  • Despite the scale of the defeat, he rejected attempts to hold him personally responsible.

Friedrich Merz has described the result in Saxony-Anhalt as one of the most serious defeats in decades, after the far-right Alternative for Germany, or AfD, won a decisive victory in the state election.

This is one of the most serious defeats in decades.

· Friedrich MerzMerz’s description of the AfD’s decisive victory in the Saxony-Anhalt state election.

Speaking at a news conference on the 7th, the German chancellor said the result had changed not only Saxony-Anhalt but Germany as a whole. “I was deeply shocked,” Merz said, according to the report.

Starting yesterday, change has taken place not only in Saxony-Anhalt but throughout Germany.

· Friedrich MerzMerz’s assessment of the election’s broader political significance.

Merz acknowledged the scale of the setback but drew a line under calls to blame him personally. The defeat had not been expected at this level, the article said.

I was deeply shocked.

· Friedrich MerzHis reaction to the scale of the election defeat.
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Originally published by Chosun Ilbo in Korean. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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