RT by @mikenov: RT by @mikenov: Friedrich Merz has warned that the future of Germany is at stake after his party suffered a humiliating defeat to the hard-Right AfD in a key state election. The chancellor pledged to limp on as leader, but said he was “deeply unsettled” by the result and blamed Russia for helping Alternative for Germany (AfD) clinch victory against his Christian Democratic Union (CDU)🔗