Berlin – The provisional results have confirmed that the traditional conservatives led by Friedrich Merz have won National elections in GermanyWhile a far -right party has increased to become the second largest in the country.
The campaign has been dominated by concerns about the long stagnation of the greatest economy and the pressure of Europe to limit migration, which caused friction after Merz has pushed hard in recent weeks for a more approach difficult. It took place in a context of growing uncertainty over the future of Ukraine and the alliance of Europe with the United States.
Germany is the most populous country in the European Union of 27 countries and a member of NATO. It is the second largest supplier of weapons in Ukraine, after the United States, it will be at the heart to shape the continent’s response to the challenges of years to come, including the policy of confrontation and trade in confrontation of the Trump administration.
The Reuters news agency reports that, on its social platform Truth, President Trump said: “Like the United States, the inhabitants of Germany have tired of the No Common Sense agenda, in particular of Energy and immigration, which has been prevailing for so many years.
Reuters reports that the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in an article on X on the third anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, congratulated Merz and said: “We are impatient to continue our joint work with Germany To protect lives, bring the reality closer to Ukraine, and strengthen Europe.
And, Reuters stressed that, while congratulating Merz in an article on X, the secretary general of NATO, Mark Rutte, said that he was impatiently awaiting to work with you at the moment crucial for our shared security. It is essential that Europe intensifies defense spending and your leadership will be essential.
The results published by the electoral authority have shown that the Christian Democrats of Merz and the social democrats of center-left winning a combined majority of seats in the national legislature after the small parties did not succeed in the electoral threshold.
This gives Merz the best chance of becoming the next Chancellor in the country. He said in the evening of the elections he hoped to form a government in Easter at the latest.
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He excluded a coalition with the extreme right alternative for Germany, or AFD, that Mr. Trump’s advisor Elon Musk supported In the elections and which is now the second largest party in Germany after its best performance.
The Merz conservatives won 208 seats in the Bundestag with 630 places, while AFD won 152. The outgoing social democrats won 120 seats and the leftist party obtained 64 years.
The alliance of the Sahra Wagenknecht on the left barely arrived under the obstacle at 5% necessary to obtain seats in Parliament, while pro-enterprises free democrats did not reach 5% either.
AFD was jubilant on Sunday evening, the leaders who produced to become the country’s main party in the next elections as its call develops. The anti-immigrant and far-right party has established itself as an important political force in the 12 years that have been founded, but it has not yet been part of a government or a national government.
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This is the result of what is often called a “firewall” against the alternative for Germany. Other parties say that they will not work with AFD, which is under observation by the domestic intelligence agency for presumed extremism on the right, something that AFD is strongly opposed. Its branches in three states of the East are designated by “experienced right -wing extremists” groups, which is particularly sensitive given the Nazi past of Germany.
For the moment, the outgoing chancellor Olaf Scholz, whose SPD party has undergone a spicy defeat, will remain.
The election took place seven months earlier than originally after the unpopular coalition of Scholz collapsed in November, three years after a mandate which was increasingly spoiled by the intestine struggles. There was generalized dissatisfaction and not much enthusiasm for any of the candidates.
“I am aware of responsibility,” said Merz on Sunday evening. “I am also aware of the magnitude of the task that awaits us now. I approach it with the greatest respect, and I know that it will not be easy.”
“The world there does not expect us, and it does not expect long-term discussion and coalition negotiations,” he told supporters.
