Germans vote in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Berlin, with rising support for the far-right AfD posing challenges for Chancellor Friedrich Merz ▻ ↧ Merz under pressure as two more German states go to the polls The elections in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Berlin follow the election in Saxony-Anhalt, where the far-right AfD came close to the rare feat of winning an absolute majority.