🔸 German Chancellor Friedrich Mertes described the defeat of the Christian Democratic Party in the local elections as a "disaster", but said that he has no intention of resigning.

🔸 German Chancellor Friedrich Mertes described the defeat of the Christian Democratic Party in the local elections as a "disaster", but said that he has no intention of resigning.

In the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, the right-wing party "Alternative to Germany", the AfD, won the majority of the votes, and the Martes party registered one of its weakest results in its history.

🔸 This election victory, the A.F.D party, which is pro-Donald Trump and close to Moscow, and is officially classified as "extreme right" by Germany's domestic intelligence agency, is close to forming its first state government.

These results increased the pressure on Martes, but he emphasized that his government will continue with a program of economic, tax and welfare reforms.