Conservatives win German parliamentary elections amid surge in far-right support
The right-wing German parties have clinched a major victory, as the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) won the snap elections in the German parliament (Bundestag), defeating Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats.
According to preliminary results released by Germany’s top electoral body on Monday, the CDU and its sister party Christian Social Union (CSU) received 28.6% of the votes together and won the German elections.
This means that the CDU leader Friedrich Merz will replace Scholz as the German chancellor.
The right-wing and anti-immigration party Alternative for Germany (AfD) also made historic gains and came in the second place by receiving 20.8% of the votes.
Similar to the the Republican party, in the US, the right-wing German parties, especially the AfD, have capitalized on public frustrations over migration, economic anxiety, and skepticism toward Berlin’s continued support for Ukraine to increase their popularity.
The AfD especially is linked to extremist and nationalist politics and has been accused of encouraging violence against rival parliamentary candidates.
Germany’s own domestic intelligence agency, the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, has declared that its youth wing, Die Junge Alternative, engages in frequent far-right hate speech, and has classified it as an extremist organization.
US President Donald Trump welcomed the election results, saying the people of Germany have rejected the policies of Olaf Scholz-led center-left government “lacking common sense.”
“Much like the USA, the people of Germany got tired of the no common sense agenda, especially on energy and immigration that has prevailed for so many years. This is a great day for Germany,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
Metz, however, has shown no interest in Trump’s far-right rhetoric so far and even has rejected the idea of his party entering a grand coalition with AfD in order to form a government.
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