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Eight German state premiers back Merz amid speculation over future
Christian Democratic Union leadership throws its weight behind the chancellor ahead of two state elections this weekend.
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Friedrich Merz is facing increasing questions over whether he should remain chancellor and continue as CDU leader
The leaders of eight German states have backed the nation's chancellor amid growing speculation about his political future.
The premiers - all of whom are part of Friedrich Merz's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) - wrote that restoring trust in their party lay in "listening and taking political action, not in debates over personnel".
The CDU's eight state premiers wrote, however, that "now more than ever, Germany's political landscape needs stability".