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Pressure Builds on Chancellor Merz After Contested Cabinet Reshuffle

Rising AfD support and delayed parliamentary swearing-in have left Merz’s government exposed ahead of September state votes.

Merz Reshuffles Top Posts, Names Warken, Frei and Linnemann

AfD Holds Strong Lead in Mecklenburg‑Vorpommern Polls Ahead of September Vote

Aminata Touré Announces Bid to Lead Greens in Schleswig-Holstein

AfD Climbs to Second in NRW as CDU Slips and SPD Sinks to Fourth

AfD Ties CDU/CSU at 26% in INSA Poll, SPD Slips to 14%

CDU Ousts SPD in Rhineland-Palatinate as AfD Posts Record Western Surge

CDU Ousts SPD in Rhineland-Palatinate as AfD Becomes Main Opposition

Rhineland-Palatinate Votes As Bavaria Decides 294 Local Runoffs

Greens Edge CDU in Baden-Württemberg With Özdemir Poised to Lead

Stuttgart Court Rejects FDP Bid To Join SWR Baden-Württemberg Triell

Two AfD Campaign Volunteers Pepper-Sprayed in Tübingen Attack

NRW SPD Backs Jochen Ott to Challenge Wüst in 2027

German Government Denies Report of Merz Planning Shake-Up Focused on Jens Spahn

Merz Stumps for Hagel in Baden-Württemberg, Calls for European Self-Reliance

Police Guard AfD Rebel Jan‑Wenzel Schmidt as Saxony‑Anhalt Leaders Move to Expel Him

Baden-Württemberg AfD Adopts Election Program, Floats Support for CDU Minority Government

Schnieder Named CDU Lead in Rhineland-Palatinate as FDP Chooses Hüskens in Saxony-Anhalt

FDP Baden-Württemberg Launches Rülke-Led Campaign as 5% Risk Looms

Daniel Günther Announces 2027 Bid as CDU Lead Candidate in Schleswig-Holstein