German leader’s party gets worst election result since 1949 — as another state votes for AfD

See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s beleaguered conservative party had its worst election showing on Sunday since the formation of the modern state after World War II — as the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) party took first place in another region. The AfD was projected to win the northeastern state of Mecklenburg–Western Pomerania on 38%, with Merz’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU)