Merkel wins but loses many votes, the Social Democrats of the SPD collapse, the ultra-right soars, farewell to the grand coalition between CDU/CSU-SPD: according to the first projections made after the polls have closed, these would be the results of the political elections in Germany which were held today and which foreshadow a change of alliances for the formation of the new government.
The CDU/CSU center union which supports Chancellor Merkel, destined to remain at the helm of the country for the fourth time, remains the first party with 33,5% but falling far behind the votes collected in 2013 (41%). . “We had hoped for a better result but we remain the first party. However, there is concern about the entry into the Bundestag of the Afd, whose voters we will try to recover with good policies” commented Merkel hotly.
The Social Democrats collapse with the SPD falling to 21%. Instead, the ultra-right of the AfD is booming, reaching 13% and entering Parliament for the first time. The liberals (10%) are also doing well, returning to Parliament. The Greens (9%) are also doing well, who will probably go to government with the liberals and the people, and the Linke (extreme left), which takes home 9%.
The Social Democrats have already admitted defeat and announced that the grand coalition with CDU-CSU is over because they will go over to the opposition. This opens up the conundrum of alliances but, in all probability, Merkel will be forced to move to the right by allying herself with the liberals and the greens with restrictive effects on both economic and European and immigration policy.
It will be interesting to understand if the liberals will obtain, as they had asked for during the electoral campaign, the ultra-poltron of the Finance Ministry of Schaeble.
For Germany the first exit polls, if confirmed, are not good news but neither are they for Europe and Italy
