Legislative in Germany: the conservatives in mind, the extreme right second

The Conservatives of Friedrich Merz won this Sunday the legislative elections in Germany, in front of the far -right AFD party which achieves the best score in its history, according to the surveys at the exit of the ballot boxes.

The conservatives of the CDU/CSU parties collect between 28.5 % and 29 % of the votes according to these surveys broadcast by public televisions Ard and ZDF, while the alternative for Germany (AFD) obtains 19.5 to 20 %, An unprecedented result for a far-right party to a federal ballot since the post-war period. Friedrich Merz, who has every chance of replacing the social democrat Olaf Scholz as Chancellor, excluded any government alliance with AFD.

No alliance with the extreme right

Friedrich Merz, who has every chance of replacing the social democrat Olaf Scholz as Chancellor, excluded any government alliance with AFD. The outgoing chancellor Olaf Scholz is the great loser of the ballot: his social democratic party collects between 16 and 16.5 %, against 25.7 % in 2021. This is an unprecedented debacle for the oldest party in Germany since The end of the Second World War.

The Greens, allied with the government of Scholz, fell slightly in a range of 12-13.5 %. Friedrich Merz will have to find out one or two allies to form a coalition. In the German parliamentary system, negotiations can take several months before succeeding.

FDP liberals, former partner of the Scholz government, are not assured at this stage to reach the 5 % mark allowing to enter the Bundestag, the lower room of Parliament.