A visibly shaken but also determined Friedrich Merz spoke in Berlin about the AfD's election victory in Saxony-Anhalt and the CDU's bitter defeat. He insisted on sticking to his reforms.

The German chancellor rules out working with the AfD even though he concedes its win in Saxony-Anhalt has upset his party’s foundations.

Merz’s CDU suffers historic defeat as AfD falls short of outright majority

Bild: 'Il cancelliere ha parlato ai suoi di sconfitta drammatica'