Polls in two German states on Sunday resulted in severe losses for the country's leading Christian Democratic Union party. Sunday's elections in two German states resulted in the defeat of the country's ruling CDU, a result described as a “disaster” by Chancellor Friedrich Merz. Key points and original sources are listed below.

• Polls in two German states on Sunday resulted in severe losses for the country's leading Christian Democratic Union party.S1

• Sunday's elections in two German states resulted in the defeat of the country's ruling CDU, a result described as a “disaster” by Chancellor Friedrich Merz. In Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, in the northeast of the country, the far-right AfD became the stronge...S2