According to initial TV exit polls, the conservative CDU/CSU alliance, led by Friedrich Merz, won Sunday’s elections with between 28.5 and 29 percent of the vote.
Based on preliminary data from public broadcasters ARD and ZDF, the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) came in second with 19.5% to 20%, nearly doubling its performance in the previous election in 2021.
Public anxieties about immigration and security following a string of fatal incidents attributed to migrants, as well as concerns about the faltering economy, contributed to the rise of the anti-immigration AfD.
Despite the impressive outcome, the AfD is expected to remain out of power for the time being because its potential coalition partners are refusing to work with the extreme right. On the evening of the election in Berlin, Friedrich Merz (C), the leader of the CDU and the primary candidate for Chancellor of his party, speaks to supporters. AFP
Merz appears almost certain to be the next chancellor of the leading economy in Europe if the exit polls are validated in the final tally. However, he would need to join forces with one or more parties, maybe the Social Democrats (SPD), of departing Chancellor Olaf Scholz, to form a majority in parliament. With scores ranging from 16 to 16.5, the SPD scored probably their poorest performance in the history of Germany’s post-war democracy.
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