Shocking turn: CDU triumphs, SPD only ends up in third place!

Shocking turn: CDU triumphs, SPD only ends up in third place!

Kassel, Deutschland - The Bundestag election 2025 in Germany causes a sensation and shaken the political landscape vigorously! Today, on February 23, 2025, over 59 million voters made their votes. The polling stations closed at 6 p.m., and the first projections show a clear picture: the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) leads with almost 29 percent of the votes and has therefore clearly taken the lead. The CDU celebrates this victory as a great success for its bourgeois-conservative politics under the leadership of Friedrich Merz, which is also confirmed by the Austrian People's Party that congratulates its sister party. Headline news, because while the CDU triumphs, the alternative for Germany (AfD) has an amazing increase and reaches almost 20 percent, conquering second place-a historical moment for the right-wing populist party. 5min.at reported that the SPD had to accept a bitter defeat and with 16.4 percent in third place. Almost 10 percent less than before mean a "historical defeat" for the once dominant party, as General Secretary Matthias Miersch said.

political realignment in the election outcome

The Greens achieve a decline to 13.2 percent and cannot therefore build on their previous success. The left, on the other hand, is surprisingly positive, which has an increase of almost 4 percent with 9 percent and celebrated by party leader Heidi Reichinnek as a "comeback of the year". The projections also show that a black and red coalition would have a majority, while a black and green coalition would not be sufficient. The FDP is standing a bitter evening with a forecast result of only 4.9 percent - a sharp decrease of 6.5 percent. Hessenschau reported on the disadition within the SPD described and the future of the party questioned. The election evening belongs to the winners CDU and AfD, while the other parties have to start the upcoming legislative period with a serious legacy.