The CDU says it expects to keep seats in the Mecklenburg‑Vorpommern state parliament despite a ZDF poll putting it at just 7% days before the election. Daniel Peters insisted the CDU would "play a key role" and warned voters the alternatives were a left‑wing coalition or an AfD‑led government. The ZDF survey shows the AfD leading on 37% and the SPD on 34%, with The Left at 10%, the Greens at 5% and the BSW at 4%.
CDU Insists It Will Keep Seats in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Despite 7% Polling
Daniel Peters, head of the CDU party and parliamentary group in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, speaks at the state representatives' meeting in January this year. (is associated with: «CDU confident of staying in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern parliament») Bernd Wüstneck/dpa
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) says it expects to remain represented in the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state parliament, even though a recent ZDF poll puts the party at just 7% days before Sunday's vote.
The CDU's lead candidate, Daniel Peters, told viewers during a televised debate on Tuesday that he was confident the party would "remain in parliament and play a key role." He framed the choice for voters as between a left‑wing coalition of the Social Democrats (SPD), The Left and the Greens, or a government led by the far‑right Alternative for Germany (AfD).
Electoral threshold and what the poll shows
Parties must clear a 5% vote threshold to enter the state parliament. According to the ZDF survey, the AfD leads on 37%, three percentage points ahead of the SPD (34%); The Left stands at 10%, the Greens at 5% and the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) at 4%. If the CDU's 7% result is confirmed, it would be the party's worst performance in a German state election since the Federal Republic was founded in 1949.
Campaign dynamics
Peters made his remarks in a debate with lead candidates from The Left, the Greens and the BSW. Separately, state premier Manuela Schwesig (SPD) and AfD challenger Leif‑Erik Holm are slated to face off in a broadcast debate on public broadcaster NDR on Wednesday — a high-profile encounter that could influence undecided voters in the closing days of the campaign.
"We will remain in parliament and play a key role," Daniel Peters said, stressing the CDU's importance as an alternative to both a left‑wing coalition and an AfD‑led government.
With the AfD far ahead in the polls, the election outcome will determine whether Mecklenburg‑Vorpommern moves toward a government dominated by the far right, coalesces around a left‑leaning coalition, or produces a more fragmented assembly in which smaller parties and the CDU retain influence.
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