The Germans have a winner, the social democrat Olaf Scholz with a new republic founded on the agreement between the parties of the young leaders of the Greens and the liberals. The SPD won with a mandate: to build a so-called 'traffic light' government.
Ma Armin Laschet, Ansa writes, replied with an invitation "humility". "With 25% you cannot claim the chancellery ", In his opinion. The Union leader has re-launched the prospect of opening a table for the coalition 'Jamaica'between conservatives, ecologists and Fdp, especially if Scholz were to fail. But the discontent towards him grows and risks becoming irrepressible. Mark Soeder, president of the Bavarian allies of the CSU, distanced himself: "For the Union it is a defeat, whoever loses so many votes cannot say anything other than this. And for seconds you cannot expect, but only make an offer”For the government.
And there are those who have already asked for Laschet's resignation, even within the CDU. “The voters have given strength to three parties: Spd, Verdi and Fdp. These have a clear mandate to build the next government "he stressed instead Scholz in a speech.
Two women who stood out in the electoral round. The first female mayor of Berlin, Frances Giffey, and the minister president of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, who triumphed in the East At the Willy Brandt Haus.
Scholz: "Here we see a very happy SPD. Two winners and one winner“, Were his words to accompany the moment. A few hours later he answered the journalists' questions: "I slept well last night. When I woke up I looked at the data again and I was happy about it again ".
Everyone already believes that Scholz will become Merkel's successor. The press asked him about relations with Moscow and Washington. While Laschet replied to the defeated on the internal problems of the party.
The political result. It is true that the distance from the CDU-CSU is thin, the Social Democrats took 25,7% against 24,1% of the Conservatives. But they have won over 5 points compared to 2017, while CDU and CSU have lost almost nine. And the analyzes on Laschet remain merciless: the weak candidate did not convince his own electorate, losing many consensus even among the elderly, who instead trusted the skills of the Finance Minister. According to the still not definitive results, the Greens obtained 14,8%, the liberals 11,5%, Afd 10,3 while Linke only touched the threshold with a disastrous 4,9%. However, she will remain in the Bundestag thanks to the three defeated colleges, which also ensure the recovery of the proportional share of seats.
The downsizing of the large traditional parties is however the real novelty of these polls: the post Merkel era will see the end of the democracy of the chancellors, the political scientist Herfried Muenkler has been repeating for weeks, and it was Christian Lindner who announced the decision to open preliminary exploratory talks with the Greens, in the person of co-leader Robert Habeck. A choice that ecologists have accepted: the premises are difficult, but “something new” could be born. Flanked by Annalena Baerbock, the star stumbled upon the many errors that have punctuated her electoral campaign, as she herself admitted, Habeck has regained centrality in the party. And he assured that he had "already clarified" internally the question of who will be vice-chancellor: the decisive box this time belongs to him, revealed the Faz.