Mario Nawfal
🚨🇩🇪CDU WINS GERMAN ELECTION, AfD SURGES—REACTIONS POUR IN Germany’s conservatives have secured victory, putting CDU leader Friedrich Merz on track to become the next chancellor. Meanwhile, AfD secures its best-ever result, finishing second. CDU General Secretary Carsten Linnemann: “The traffic light coalition has finally been voted out. The new chancellor will be Friedrich Merz.” AfD leader Alice Weidel extended an offer to form a government: “Our hand remains outstretched.” The SPD suffered a historic collapse, with General Secretary Matthias Miersch calling it a “very bitter evening.” Source: Reuters
Mario Nawfal
🚨🇩🇪CONSERVATIVE CDU WINS BIG, AfD SURGES—GERMAN PARLIAMENT SEAT PROJECTIONS Exit polls show CDU leading with 211 seats, while the AfD surges to 142, becoming Germany’s second-largest party. Scholz’s SPD collapses to 116 seats, Greens at 98, and The Left at 62. Coalition math: -CDU + SPD = 327 (majority) -CDU + Greens = 309 (short of 316 seats) Germany’s political landscape has shifted—coalition talks will decide the future. Source: @visegrad24
