Germany now faces weeks to months of negotiations as the conservatives, under presumptive Chancellor-to-be Friedrich Merz, try to form a government collation.
‘s conservative CDU/CSU party under Friedrich Merz has won arguably the most important German election since the country reunified in 1990.
The far-right Alternative für Deutschland, or AfD, an anti-Islam party that has advocated the expulsion —or “remigration” of immigrants and non-ethnic German citizens deemed to have not integrated well into society — doubled their support compared to the 2021 election, winning just under 21 percent of the vote. Elon Musk, appearing, via videolink, at one of the campaign rallies, and hosting an interview with AfD leader Alice Weidel on X.
If that firewall holds, Sunday’s results mean Merz’s CDU/CSU alliance has two options to form a government: A so-called “grand coalition” with Olaf Scholtz’s centrist SPD, or a more unwieldy three-way coalition between the conservatives, the SPD and the Greens. Merz would have liked to join forces with the pro-business FDP, which was part of the outgoing government, but the party failed to secure 5 percent of the vote, the hurdle required for representation in parliament.
During the campaign, Merz made restricting immigration and “internal security” his priorities and has pledged to tighten controls on Germany’s borders and more quickly expel refused asylum seekers. He will also be looking to restart Germany’s stagnant economy through a combination of tax cuts, benefit cuts, an elimination of bureaucratic red tape, and a change in the country’s debt ceiling limits.
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