Germany Friedrich Merz is committed to achieving the “independence” of the United States after its central-right alliance won parliamentary elections Lied in the midst of doubts concerning the commitment of American president Donald Trump to the security of Europe.
Merz, who faces complex negotiations with his traditional rival of center-left of his party to form a coalition government after having excluded the right alternative last for Germany (AFD), said on Sunday that it would be His “absolute priority” to strengthen the reinforcement of Europe, so he does not have to count on Washington for his defense.
“I never thought that I should say something like that on a television program, but after the last comments of Donald Trump last week, it is clear that the Americans, or at least this part of the Americans, this government, Quite little care about the fate of Europe, “said the Chancellor awaiting a round television table for political leaders.
Merz said he was not sure that NATO would exist in its “current form” at the time of the next meeting of the Transatlantic Military Alliance in June, “or if we will have to establish a very independent defense capacity faster ”.
“This is my absolute priority, I have no illusions about what will come out of America,” said Merz.
Merz also targeted the technological billionaire Elon Musk, the Trump cost reduction tsar and the closed ally, for intervening in the elections Campaign to support AFD, which obtained its best result in a national survey.
“Washington’s interventions were no less dramatic and sassy than the interventions we saw from Moscow, so we are under massive pressure on two sides,” said Merz.
The Christian Christian Christian Christian-Christian Union of the Social Union (CDU / CSU) won 208 seats with 28.6% of votes During Sunday elections, the preliminary results showed, followed by AFD with 152 seats and 20.8% of the vote – a doubling of its result in the last elections.
The Social Democratic Party (SDP) of the outgoing chancellor of Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who had governed in a very unpopular triple coalition, took 120 seats, his worst result since the end of the world of the world.
The Greens won 85 seats, followed by the democratic socialist Die Linke with 64 seats and the leftist populist Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW) with a seat.
The Democratic Party without a company, a member of the outgoing coalition which has traditionally alternated between a partnership with the CDU-CSU Alliance and the SDP, did not win a seat after failing the 5% threshold to enter the Bundestag de 630 members.
The elections are translated in Germany, the most populous country in the European Union and its greatest economy, occurs as the Trump administration efforts To negotiate the end of the war in Ukraine with Russia aroused worries that Washington approaches Moscow to the detriment of the Transatlantic Alliance.
Trump earlier, Sunday, welcomed the election result as a “big day” for Germany and the United States, and said it was proof that the German public “got tired of the agenda Without sense, in particular energy and immigration, which has prevailed for several years ”.
Merz, a long-standing supporter of transatlantic links, campaigned on a conservative platform promising to limit the unauthorized taxes of migration and barbecues and administrative formalities in the midst of generalized dissatisfaction with immigration and economy.
Merz, a longtime rival of former Chancellor Angela Merkel, who directed the CDU in a more conservative and pro-business direction, will need the help of the SDP to form a governing majority in Bundestag.
“If we have a partner, it will be easier; If we need two partners, it will be more difficult, but even in this case, it will have to succeed, “said Merz.
“The main thing is to create a government in Germany capable of acting as quickly as possible, with a good parliamentary majority. Because, dear friends, the world does not expect us and it does not expect long talks and coalition negotiations. »»
In a speech welcoming the “magnificent campaign” of his party, AFD leader Alice Weidelwhich was excluded from the consideration by traditional parties in the context of a “firewall” against the resurgence of far-right policy, suggested that it would only be a matter of time before its party hold power.
“Our hand remains tense to form a government,” she told supporters, adding that this is equivalent to “electoral fraud” if the conservatives placed to govern with left parties rather than them.
If that happened, Weidel said, “Next time we will come first”.
