State elections: Klingbeil announces course correction by the federal government:
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ARD projection puts CDU below five percent in Mecklenburg-VorpommernThe ARD projection gives the CDU 4.9 percent, while ZDF gives 5.0 percent; in Berlin, Die Linke leads the CDU.
Key FactsSep 20, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
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- The ARD projection put the CDU at 4.9 percent, its first projection below the five-percent threshold.
- ARD and ZDF projected the AfD at 37 to 38 percent in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, narrowly ahead of the SPD.
- Die Linke clearly led the CDU in Berlin and therefore received the mandate to govern.
- SPD leader Lars Klingbeil announced plans to review government action in response to the election results.
We have displaced the CDU as a people's party.— Alice Weidel, AfD leader, on ZDF after the elections in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Berlin.
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