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German Chancellor Scholz admits a defeat, calls it “bitter election result”

German Chancellor Scholz admits a defeat, calls it “bitter election result” | Image: AP

Berlin: The surveys in Germany completed on Sunday, shortly after the exit surveys with opposition leader Friedrich Merz 'conservatives were on course for a lack of victory in a national election.

While German right -wing extremist alternative for Germany (AfD), led by leader Alice Weidel, almost doubled his support, projections showed the strongest performance for a right -wing extremist party since the Second World War.

Merz-Right-Mede demands the victory

The exemption surveys showed that opposition leader Friedrich Merz 'conservative who led in the national elections and will most likely be the next Chancellor of Germany with his claims for victory.

It was not immediately clear how easy it would be for Merz to put together a coalition government, since the forecasts that are based on exit pumps and partly counts are supported by Merz 'Union Block to almost 29%.

Alternative for Germany or AfD, about 20% – twice as high as 2021.

Scholz accepts “bitter election result”

Chancellor Olaf Scholz gave a defeat against his Social Democrats at the center after he described “a bitter election result”.

Also read: Will Friedrich Merz be the next Chancellor in Germany?

Only a few projections showed that the Scholz Social Democrats took third place with their worst post -war result for a national parliamentary elections and supported the party with a little more than 16%, which supported a decline in the last elections for a blowing decline in the last elections.

Will Merz coalition form with Weidel's right -wing extremist education?

Whether Friedrich Merz demands one or two coalition partners depends on how many parties secure sitting in parliament.

The conservative guide said: “The world out there is not waiting for us and did not wait for boring coalition talks and negotiations.”

AfD's candidate for Chancellor Alice Weidel said: “We have become the second part of the second” and presents the growing influence of her party. She also said that AfD “is open to coalition negotiations with Merz 'party and argues that” otherwise no change of policy is possible in Germany “.

However, Merz has repeated and categorically rejected any collaboration with AfD, an attitude that is shared by other mainstream parties.

What were the main problems for which Germans voted?

The competitors in Germany have submitted contrasting plans to revive the country's long -term fighting economy, which has shrank in the past two years and has tried to achieve real growth in a longer period of time. The revival of the economy will be a central task for the new government.

Migration was a main focus of the campaign, especially after a series of fatal attacks were carried out by immigrants in the past few weeks. This problem dominated political discussions, whereby parties offering different solutions in order to clear up the growing concerns regarding immigration.

Friedrich Merz, the chairman of the opposition of the middle law, promised to prevent persons from entering Germany without proper documentation and increasing the deportations when he becomes a chancellor in response to the migration crisis.