The AfD comes first in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Friedrich Merz's CDU misses the 5% threshold for the first time in its history
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the same fact, two accounts
PortugalLisbon is taking note of a double German earthquake: the AfD is leading in the East with around 38% of the vote, the CDU has fallen below the 5% mark, and Friedrich Merz is promising to stay on despite the "disaster".
What each one tells
opposition
GreeceAthens is particularly focused on the European implications of the German double election: a weakened chancellor and a Berlin left, via Die Linke, which electrifies the left of the continent.
- Portugal
centered on Merz
coverage highlights the reaction and political survival of the chancellor rather than the motivations of the electorate.
What the account puts first
GreecePartisan
coverage relays the reading of sister party Syriza-PS, which erects Die Linke's victory in Berlin as a symbol for the European left.
Institutional
the debate on CDU-AfD cooperation is presented mainly through the demand of the party's co-chair, without the internal arguments that divide the CDU on maintaining the protective wall.
- Portugal
Reliance on official German sources
articles rely on public television ARD polls and AFP dispatches rather than independent Portuguese analysis.
What it leans on
GreeceReliance on ARD's projection
several articles take up the public German broadcaster's initial estimates as reference figures, before the final results.
and the figures
around 5%
CDU score in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
% of votes
only one reports itthis press does not report this figure
around 38%
AfD score in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
% of votes
same figurearound 38%
this press does not report this figure
Score of The Left in Berlin
% of votes
only one reports it25.3%