The Duran
March 16, 2026 · 4 min read
Germany Merz election trouble. SPD collapse
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- 1The recent local elections in Baden-Württemberg have delivered a significant blow to Friedrich Merz and his Christian Democratic Union (CDU), highl...
- 2However, the political landscape has shifted dramatically.
- 3The most striking development was the breakthrough of the Alternative for Germany (AfD), which surged from approximately 9% in 2021 to over 18% in ...
- 4The CDU's failure to capture the rightward swing exposes a fundamental problem: the party is being squeezed from both sides.
- 5The Social Democratic Party (SPD), Germany's oldest political party with roots dating back to the 1870s or 1880s, faces an even more dire situation.
Overview
The recent local elections in Baden-Württemberg have delivered a significant blow to Friedrich Merz and his Christian Democratic Union (CDU), highlighting the deepening political crisis facing Germany's traditional establishment parties. Baden-Württemberg, one of Germany's wealthiest regions and home to Porsche, has historically been a CDU stronghold, dominated by the conservative party almost uninterrupted throughout the Federal Republic's history.
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