Merz clings on after German election 'disaster'

Merz clings on after German election 'disaster'

Chancellor Friedrich Merz was clinging to power on Monday after his conservative party tumbled to its worst regional election defeat in postwar Germany and members of his coalition clashed over his unpopular reform agenda. Merz himself described Sunday's ‌loss in the northeastern state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania as a "disaster" after…