In the German general election, the center-right claim won, the center-left promise and the far right made significant gains
The forecast shows that German opposition leader Friedrich Merz's conservatives achieved a bland victory in a national election on Sunday, while Germany's alternative nearly doubled. The strongest performance of far-right parties since World War II.
Prime Minister Olaf Scholz failed for his center Social Democrat after what he called “painful election results.” Broadcasters ARD and ZDF predicted that his party ranked third in the worst post-war situation, leading to national parliamentary elections.
It is not clear at this point that it is easy for Meles to establish a coalition government.
The elections are seven months ahead of the seven months after the unpopular league collapse in November, which is increasing in three years and more term. There is general dissatisfaction for any candidate and not much enthusiasm.
These forecasts are based on exit polls and partial counts, leaving support for Meers’ union group less than 29%, while alternatives to Germany or AFD are about 20%, which is around 20%, the result in 2021.
The support of the Social Democrats in their support for Saltz just exceeded 16%, far below the last election. The Environmentalist Greens are the remaining partners of the outgoing government, about 12% to 13%.
Among the three smaller parties, one – the left-wing left – seems certain to win a seat in parliament, with up to 9% of the vote. Two other parties, the Liberal Democrats of Free Enterprises and the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance, hovered on the threshold of the five percent support needed to win a seat.
Whether Melz needs one or two partners to form a coalition will depend on how many parties are entering Parliament.
“I know the responsibility,” said Meles. “I also know the scale of the mission that is right before us right now. I handle it with the utmost respect, and I know it's not easy.”
“The world there is not waiting for us, nor waiting for long coalition talks and negotiations,” he told cheering supporters. “We must now become able to act quickly again.”
“We have become the second largest unit,” said Alice Weidel, the AFD prime minister candidate.
She said her party was “open alliance negotiations” with the Merz party, “otherwise, Germany would not be able to change its policy.” However, Merz and other mainstream parties have repeatedly and explicitly ruled out cooperation with the AFD.
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Social Democratic President Matthias Miersch suggested that it is not surprising that failure comes after three years of an unpopular government. “There hasn't been any loss in this election over the past eight weeks,” he said.
The election dominance is concern over the long-term stagnation of Europe's largest economy and the pressure to curb immigration. It is conducted in the context of uncertainty in the future of the alliance between Ukraine and Europe and the United States.
Germany is the 27 most populous country in the EU and is also a major member of NATO. It has been Ukraine’s second-largest arms supplier, second only to the United States, which will shape the continent’s response to challenges in the coming years, including the Trump administration’s confrontational diplomacy and trade policies.
More than 59 million people nationwide are eligible to elect 630 members of the government's House of Commons, the federal government, who will sit under the glass dome of the Berlin landmark building.
