Merkz celebrates election victory - tensions with Merkel throw shadows!

Merkz celebrates election victory - tensions with Merkel throw shadows!

Berlin, Deutschland - Friedrich Merz, the CDU/CSU Chancellor candidate, has collected the most votes in the latest elections in Germany. At a press conference, he explained that so far he had not received any congratulations from the former Chancellor Angela Merkel, which caused a sensation. "I haven't seen any congratulations from Angela Merkel so far," said Merz. This remark could be interpreted as a sign of the tense relationship between him and Merkel, which is apparently not completely overcome after she had criticized Merz 'campaign strategy. In particular, Merkel was annoyed by the fact that the CDU was able to support the votes of the AfD in an application to tighten migration policy. These tensions are not new: since Merz 'dismissal as leader of the parliamentary group in 2002 there are friction between the two. Deutschland-politik/geruechekueche-brodel-kel-hach-nich-nicht-zum-wahlsieg-gratulated/624898085"> OE24 reported.

Merkel shadow and coalition issues

Despite the election victory, which puts the CDU and the CSU into the possibility of forming the government, Merz is facing numerous challenges. According to reports, Merz ’party achieved 208 seats in the Bundestag, which corresponds to 28.5 % of the votes, while the SPD fell to 121 seats. The strong result of the AfD was shocking, which worked with 151 seats (20.7 %) to the third strongest force. Merz present these results before a difficult task: How should he form a coalition if the relationship with the SPD is so tense after Merkel's public criticism of dealing with the right? A recourse to the AfD is theoretically possible, but Merz has excluded this as a threat to democracy. It remains to be seen how Merz can reorganize the remains of his political strategy in order to secure a majority of government after the FDP, its closest ally, has not overcome the 5%hurdle, according to the current elections, which causes restlessness in his party. The conversation reported .