German Chancellor Merz faces pressure within his party, with the CDU demanding his resignation.

German Chancellor Merz faces mounting internal and external pressures, with his own party, the CDU, calling for his resignation!

More and more CDU members are demanding Friedrich Merz step down, but the German Chancellor has no intention of doing so. Following the CDU's defeat in the Saxony-Anhalt state election and amid sluggish economic growth, discontent within the party has intensified. Around 20 lawmakers have even threatened to block Chancellor Merz’s proposed 10-billion-euro tax reduction plan.

According to Bloomberg, the CDU’s support rate was already weak ahead of the regional elections on September 20, and the situation has worsened further. A recent German poll shows that Merz’s party garnered only 7% support in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, while the Alternative for Germany (AfD) secured 37%.

Now, there is growing internal pressure within the CDU to replace Merz with Hendrik Wüst, the Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia, or Markus Söder, Chairman of the CSU, as party leader.

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