German conservative celebrations, right -wing extremist enjoys record results

The Conservatives of Friedrich Merz won the German elections with 28.6%, far ahead of the competing parties, but shortly before the expected 30%, but before the results were known, which indicated his political intentions from the start, said Merz , his top priority is the European unity so this “step -for -step we can really independence on Monday, February 24th, on Monday, the British broadcaster BBC, to reach”.

The other big winner on Sunday was the right-wing extremist alternative for Germany (AfD), which achieved a record-placed result of 20.8%.

The 69 -year -old Merz has never held a ministerial post, but has promised to take on a leading role in Europe and to increase support for Ukraine when he becomes Germany's next chancellor.

Merz's first priority will be to try to form a coalition between his Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) and Scholz 'Center-Link Party, despite the worst result of the Social Democrats of 16.4%.

Merz 'CDU/CSU and the SPD leadership will meet on Monday, but Scholz will not take part in the talks. Merz wants to form a government until Easter. This could be possible because the two parties have 328 seats, which gives them a majority of 12 in parliament with 630 seats.

After the collapse of the coalition of Olaf Scholz at the end of last year, Merz tried to win a strong mandate for a clear coalition, but only won enough seats because two smaller parties did not get into parliament.

A two -part coalition would enable him to solve as many problems in Germany as possible in four years, from the stagnating economy to the closure of Germany's borders to illegal migrants.

The German voters turned out to be in large numbers – 83%. Such a high turnout has not been observed before German reunification since 1990.

The most likely partner of the CDU/CSU was always the Social Democrats, who were known in Germany as a “Groko” or Grand Coalition. However, the fragmentation of the German electorate makes the success of the traditional parties uncertain.

Compared to four years, support for the AfD has increased by 10%and driven by anger over high prices and a number of fatal attacks in German cities. Three of them took place during the election campaign.

The party cited by Alice Weidel also benefited from a successful TikTok campaign that attracted a large number of new voters. The party also received support from Trump's top official JD Vance and Elon Musk.

According to a survey by the ZDF public service, the AfD was well ahead of the other parties in the east and won around 34% of the votes.

“The Germans voted for changes,” said Weidel. She said that Friedrich Merz 'attempt to form a coalition would ultimately fail: “We will have new elections – I don't think we have to wait for another four years.”

But exactly when the election card in the east became light blue, the rest of Germany became black – the color of the CDU/CSU.

“This party only exists because there were problems that were not solved. They are happy when these problems are getting bigger, ”said Merz and rejected the AfD victory. “We have to solve these problems … then this party, the AfD, will disappear.”

Merz was just as hard with the new Trump government and criticized the United States on Sunday because of its intervention after the victory, which was “no less dramatic, drastic and ultimately scandalous than that of Moscow”.

President Trump welcomed Merz 'victory. He said it was proof that the Germans, like the Americans, are fed up with the “lack of common sense” in politics, especially with regard to energy and immigration issues.

Merz 'victory was quickly welcomed by many European leaders. For example, the French Prime Minister Emmanuel Macron spoke of getting together in a time of uncertainty in order to “face the greatest challenges of the world and our continent”, while the British Prime Minister Keir Starrer “improving our common security and providing growth for both demanded our countries “.

Friedrich Merz's Christian Democrats still rely on older voters to be successful, while voters aged 18 to 24 years for both the AfD and for the contrasting party, whose popularity has increased in recent weeks seem more interested.

The poll results of the left party rose according to the popular “TikTok” videos of the fiery speeches by Führer Heidi Reichink, whose ARD data, and of less than 5% this ended up with 8.8% and won 64 seats in parliament Show results.

Read also: German election survey: Every fifth voter is still undecided.

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