Merz Says He Has Support to Remain German Chancellor

“Chancellor Friedrich Merz reinforced his message that he’ll see through his reform agenda as Germany’s leader after his Christian Democratic Union crashed out of a regional parliament for the first time in the country’s post-World War II history,” Bloomberg reports.

“Merz said he secured his party’s backing to stay on after he gathered the CDU’s leadership in Berlin to gauge his position — and extended an offer to the Social Democrats to continue their 16-month coalition as it seeks to implement an overhaul of Germany’s pension, health and tax systems.”