CEC: elections to the Bundestag block won Merkel
BERLIN, September 25. /TASS/. The conservative bloc of Angela Merkel’s CDU/CSU won the elections to the Bundestag in Germany, gaining 33% of votes. These are the official preliminary results released Monday night by the Chairman of the Federal election Commission Dieter Sarriera.
In second place with the worst in its history, the result was the Social democratic party, voted for 20.5% of Germans. Right “Alternative for Germany” supported by 12.6% of the electorate, the Free democratic party — 10,7%, green is 8.9% and the Left party — 9,2%.
After the announcement of exit polls, the SPD has announced its intention to go into opposition. Thus, arithmetically possible there is only one option of formation of ruling coalition — “Jamaica” (CDU/CSU, free Democrats and greens). However, German experts warn that such a government can be extremely volatile in light of disagreements on several key points between parties.
Contact ADG to the Bundestag was not a surprise for the German public. Very good were the ratings right-wing populists over the last year.
After the announcement of the first exit polls, according to which the eurosceptics have become the third power of the fraction and formally lead the opposition, one of the leaders of ADH Alexander Gauland said that “the hunt begins” on the party of Angela Merkel. The Chancellor has promised to thoroughly analyze the situation, to bring back the voters who defected from the CDU/CSU to the right. According to sociologists, from conservatives to ADH left about a million supporters among those who voted on Sunday.