… CDU and CSU in a “grand coalition” likewise dropped, from 25.7 percent in 2013 to 20.5 percent, the lowest in any … percent, compared with 4.1 percent in 2013. Speaking the day after the vote in Hesse, Merkel said “the results are a … set off a firestorm. Kramp-Karrenbauer said it was “a bad day for Thuringia and a bad day for Germany.” Merkel said, …