ft.com | UK Follow German chancellor Merz’s CDU party set to suffer heavy losses in regional elections Exit polls show CDU slightly above the 5 per cent threshold for parliamentary representation in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern https://www.ft.com/content/d74ce82a-2a15-404a-ae3a-3921e887bab3?syn-25a6b1a6=1 ft.com