German Chancellor Friedrich Merz faced growing pressure on Monday after bruising regional election defeats to far-right and far-left parties, with the AfD even predicting he will be out of power within months.

The anti-immigration Alternative for Germany (AfD) came first in the northeastern state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania on Sunday where Merz’s CDU sank to 4.9%, below the threshold to stay in parliament and its worst result since the party was formed in 1945.

In Berlin the far-left Die Linke came first, beating the CDU into second place. Its candidate is now on course to become mayor in the German capital, where the AfD also made strong…

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