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Friedrich Merz, Germany and SPD

Germany's SPD: Conservative leader Merz has 'responsibility' in talks

Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) on Monday insisted that the "responsibility" to lead negotiations on the formation of a new government lies with conservative leader Friedrich Merz. Lars Klingbeil,

DPA International on MSN · 17h

Germany's Merz says he will get in touch with SPD to initiate talks

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz says he wants to form a government as soon as possible after his CDU/CSU bloc emerged as the clear winner in Sunday's early elections. Merz, speaking in Berlin after consultations with senior members of his Christian Democrats (CDU),

U.S. News & World Report · 1d

Germany's Merz Faces Tricky Talks With Potential Coalition Ally

Germany's likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz will start trying to form a coalition government on Monday after his conservative bloc won a national election that saw far-right and far-left parties hoover up support from disaffected voters.

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Reuters · 2h

Resurgence of Germany’s Left exposes fragmented, polarised electorate

Omar Alkadamani, a Syrian-born, naturalised German citizen, used to support Germany's centre-left Social Democrats. Unsettled by its increasingly tough stance on migration, however, he cast his vote on Sunday for the far-left Left Party.

Jacobin on MSN · 21h

After Germany’s Election, the Left Can Hope Again

Germany took a huge step to the right. The conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) ran a campaign focused on law and order and halting immigration — and overtook Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats (SPD) as the largest party in the Bundestag,

The Washington Post · 1d

Conservatives win German election while far-right party surges to second place

Provisional results confirm that mainstream conservatives led by Friedrich Merz won Germany’s national election, while a far-right party surged to become the nation’s second-largest

Germany's SPD faces fresh start without Scholz

DPA International on MSN · 16h

After historic defeat, Germany's SPD faces fresh start without Scholz

Following a historic election defeat for his centre-left Social Democrats (SPD), German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Monday that he plans to carry out his work as head of government "properly to the end.

Radio France Internationale · 1d

Scholz's SPD suffers historic election loss, as Germany's far-right AfD doubles in size

The centre-right CDU party has won the German elections but achieved a historically low result. The far-right AfD doubled its support, although it fell short of expectations. However, the biggest

Bloomberg L.P. · 1d

Scholz’s SPD Concedes Defeat to CDU’s Merz in Election

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Germany, election

Time · 1d

What to Know About Germany’s Election Results—and What Comes Next

The far-right had its strongest showing since World War II, while the center-left Social Democrats had their worst postwar result.

The Financial Times · 21h

Germany’s historic election — in charts

The elections have highlighted the steady erosion in support for the so-called people’s parties — the CDU and the SPD — that have dominated Germany’s political life since 1949. Merz was aiming to secure at least 30 per cent of the vote for the CDU and its Bavarian sister party,

DW - South Africa on MSN · 1d

German election: Voters turn out to decide next government

Polls have opened in Germany's parliamentary election that was brought forward by the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz' ruling coalition in November. The conservative CDU/CSU leads in opinion polls.

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Germany’s Newly-Elected Conservative Party Would Rather Side With Socialists Than Other Right-Wingers

After Germany’s conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) won a plurality of seats in federal elections Sunday, party ...

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Here are the key positions of Germany’s likely coalition parties

An alliance between Friedrich Merz’s conservatives and the center-left SPD is the only viable path to form a new government ...

12hon MSN

The biggest takeaways from Germany’s election, which will bring change to the EU’s leading power

Germany faces its second change of leader in less than four years after the head of the center-right opposition won Sunday’s ...

DPA International on MSN1d

Germany's SPD requires a reshuffle, party leader says after election

Lars Klingbeil, the party leader of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats (SPD), has announced an overhaul of his ...

15hon MSN

Germany to move toward 'independence' from US, new leader says

Friedrich Merz's CDU party emerged as the largest party in Germany's parliament, the Bundestag, earning 28.6% of the vote.

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Germany’s Governance Test After Far-Right Electoral Surge

Friedrich Merz looks poised to form a coalition between his center-right alliance and the center-left Social Democrats, but ...

23hon MSN

Germany's conservatives declare victory in Berlin. Now the hard work begins

A conservative alliance made up of the CDU and CSU is set to lead Germany again, but the new coalition government will have ...

32mon MSN

As Germany moves right, migrants grapple with uncertainty and hope

Mohammad Azmouz, a Syrian barber living in Berlin, said casting his first ever vote on Sunday at the age of 57 was an ...

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