Merz under pressure after historic far-right regional win
This morning on Europe Today, we speak about the political earthquake in Germany as the far-right AfD party won the regional elections in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt. We discuss the consequences for the country and its prime minister, Friedrich Merz, with Günter Krings, the vice-chairman of the Christian Democratic parliamentary group in the Bundestag.
Also, US peace envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrived in Kyiv for their first visit to the Ukrainian capital since the war started more than four years ago - after holding talks with Vladimir Putin in Moscow the day before…
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