Merz said he will not resign despite the CDU's loss in the elections Chairman of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Chancellor of Germany Friedrich Mertz said that although the CDU suffered setbacks in the elections in the federal states of Saxony-Anhalt and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, it has no intention of resigning. "No, I'm not.

Merz said he will not resign despite the CDU's loss in the elections Chairman of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Chancellor of Germany Friedrich Mertz said that although the CDU suffered setbacks in the elections in the federal states of Saxony-Anhalt and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, it has no intention of resigning. "No, I'm not.