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The future of Germany's leader is uncertain as his party faces 2 difficult regional elections
Merz’s authority was damaged by his party’s stinging defeat September 6 at the hands of the anti-migration, Russia-friendly Alternative for Germany in Saxony-Anhalt, a small eastern state.
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