According to the federal election commission, the SPD and their leader Olaf Scholz won 25.7% of the vote. “Germany has always had coalitions and has always been stable,” says Social Democrat leader Olaf Scholz. This is a bitter setback for Chancellor Angela Merkel’s camp, at a time when she is due to retire from politics. conservatives must go “into opposition”
The Social Democratic Party won the federal elections in Germany with 25.7 per cent of the vote, according to provisional results announced on Monday 27 September by the Federal Electoral Commission. Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats are ahead of the conservative CDU-CSU by a narrow margin, with 24.1% of the vote. Never before have the conservatives fallen below the 30% threshold. The Greens are in third place with 14.8%, followed by the liberal FDP with 11.5%.
In Germany, it is not the voters who directly elect the head of government but the members of parliament. But it will be difficult to form a majority because of the fragmentation of the vote in this election. A coalition will probably have to be formed between three parties, something not seen since the 1950s. “The poker game is starting,” said Der Spiegel magazine.
The SPD could form an alliance with the Greens, who came third in the election with 14.8 per cent, and the liberals of the FDP, a right-wing party that won 11.5 per cent. But the conservative CDU could also govern with the Greens and the FDP. According to a Yougov poll published on Sunday night, a majority of voters favour the first option. And 43% of them believe that Olaf Scholz should become the next chancellor.
“Germany has always had coalitions.” The leader of Germany’s Social Democrats, Olaf Scholz, who wants to become the next chancellor, insisted that Germany was politically “stable” despite the uncertainties of the upcoming coalition negotiations.
Bad results for conservatives
Armin Laschet’s conservative CDU-CSU union has a historically low score of 24.1%, according to provisional official results. Never before have the conservatives fallen below the 30% threshold.
