Chancellor Friedrich Merz encountered protests while campaigning in Kühlungsborn, highlighting rising tensions ahead of regional elections.

Chancellor Friedrich Merz was met with protests during a campaign event at the Baltic Sea, where he engaged with citizens amid strict security measures. After a private meeting with entrepreneurs in Rostock, Merz arrived in Kühlungsborn, where he briefly posed for photos with local fish sandwiches before facing a crowd that chanted demands for his resignation and criticized his stance on Ukraine.

Accompanied by CDU candidate Daniel Peters and State Minister Philipp Amthor, Merz’s appearance was one of the few opportunities for public interaction during this election cycle. As elections approach in Saxony-Anhalt and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, the CDU struggles against the rising popularity of the AfD, while the SPD inches closer in the polls.