International"It cannot continue like this": the CDU's defeats put Merz and the Grand Coalition against the ropesNazaret Romero González21-09-2026
![the chancellor of Germany, Friedrich Merz, arrives at the CDU leadership meeting on election night.](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 16 9"%3E%3C/svg%3E)