The AfD comes first in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Friedrich Merz's CDU misses the 5% threshold for the first time in its history

• Portugal

  «Lisbon 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

  same framing

  Hungary

  «Budapest sees the CDU's debacle as a sign that the German cordon sanitaire against the far right is crumbling, and is watching Friedrich Merz's political survival.»

• 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

  Hungary

  focused on Merz's survival

  «Hungarian headlines put the chancellor's fate front and center rather than the AfD's program or government intentions.»

• 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

  Hungary

  Reliance on German institutes

  «Hungarian editorial offices primarily cite ARD and ZDF projections rather than independent local sources.»

and the figures

• around 5%

  Observador

  CDU score in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

  % of votes

  different figures

  4.9%

  Index HU

• around 38%

  Jornal Económico

  AfD score in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

  % of votes

  different figures

  38.2%

  Telex

• this press does not report this figure

  Score of The Left in Berlin

  % of votes

  this press does not report this figure