List leader Armin Laschet of the German centre-right CDU/CSU has apologized for the bad result in last Sunday’s election. He acknowledged that mistakes were made in the election campaign, insiders told DPA news agency.
From Union, as CDU and CSU are collectively called, took 24.1 percent of the vote, the worst nationwide result in the party’s history. Four years ago, the party led by Chancellor Merkel received 32.9 percent of the vote.
Laschet sees another chance to rule after all. with a coalition with the Greens and the liberal FDP, DPA writes. He said today that he does not want to give up this so-called Jamaica coalition “so quickly”, the news agency writes.
‘Scholz has the best chances’
Markus Söder of the Bavarian sister party CSU congratulated SPD leader Olaf Scholz on his victory earlier today. “Scholz currently has the best chances of becoming chancellor,” Söder said. The center-left SPD won the election with 25.7 percent of the vote. Scholz previously said that he would prefer a coalition with the FDP and the Greens.
Scholz and Laschet both said they hope to be out before Christmas. But political analysts Close It does not matter that Merkel will give the traditional New Year’s speech at the beginning of 2022.
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