Germany chooses: Merz as a chancellor - what does that mean for the future?

Germany chooses: Merz as a chancellor - what does that mean for the future?

Deutschland - A surprising political scenario has hit Germany! In the early parliamentary election, the Union triumphed from the CDU and CSU and emerged as a new ruling party with a clear victory under opposition leader Friedrich Merz. According to the first projections, such as Wort.lu, reported the Christian Democrats between 28.7 and 28.9 percent of the vote and thus exceeded the results of 2021, although they still remained under their expectations. The SPD of Chancellor Olaf Scholz, on the other hand, experienced a dramatic crash and fell on a historically bad result of only 16.1 to 16.4 percent. Merz now has to deal with the upcoming challenges with these elections: enliven the economy and bring about a change in migration policy.

The right-wing populist AfD cut off a lot in this election and was the second strongest force with 19.6 to 19.8 percent of the vote, as well as oe24.at determined. This leads to a changed political climate in which Merz has to find a coalition -capable majority in order to implement the political change changes required by the electorate. The formation of a stable government could be difficult because a coalition with the SPD is considered to be less likely due to considerable programmatic differences. In addition, the AfD is excluded as a coalition partner for all other parties due to its right -wing extremist positioning.

The high turnout of over 83 percent shows the great interest of the population in political changes and has been the highest since reunification. With real challenges in migration and economic policy, Merz will be under pressure to act quickly and determined. The world is waiting for the new German decisions and one thing is certain: the political landscape in Germany has changed sustainably.