The election defeat shook the CDU "to its very foundations" — #Merz "This shakes our party to its very foundations. We can't simply return to the old order of things, neither I nor the federal government <...> We failed to establish an emotional connection with the people... I must admit, this is the CDU's biggest election defeat in decades <...> We see that approval ratings for the federal government across #Germany are exceptionally low. Last year