German The Social Democratic Party defeats the Christian Democratic League in the German Federal Election This Sunday, Olaf Scholz, the country’s center-left and Social Democratic leader, won. “I will be cursed,” Joe Biden said this morning. But despite the tragic performance of Amin Rashet, who voted for the CDU-the expected successor of outgoing Prime Minister Angela Merkel-given the closeness of the vote, either party still May form a ruling coalition.
Olaf Schultz said voters want him to be the next prime minister. “Many citizens put their crosses next to the SPD because they want the government to change, and because they want the next prime minister of this country to be called Olaf Schultz,” he said in a speech at the party’s headquarters. . The 63-year-old politician has served as Deputy Chancellor and German Finance Minister of Merkel’s Grand Coalition Government since 2018, which has given him a higher profile in Germany’s economic response to the pandemic.
Almost all regions have reported that the SDP has 26% of the votes, the CDU 24%, the Greens 15%, the European liberal FDP 11%, the right-wing AfD 10% and the “populist” left-wing Die Linke 5%. above, Graphs reported by Politico It shows how the votes have flowed from center right to center left in the past few years.
