{"id":166742,"date":"2025-02-24T10:57:48","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T08:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/?p=166742"},"modified":"2025-02-24T10:57:49","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T08:57:49","slug":"merc-declares-victory-in-germany-afd-achieves-historic-success-scholz-admits-heavy-defeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/merc-declares-victory-in-germany-afd-achieves-historic-success-scholz-admits-heavy-defeat\/","title":{"rendered":"MERC DECLARES VICTORY IN GERMANY: AfD achieves historic success, Scholz admits heavy defeat!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The CDU\/CSU coalition candidate for German chancellor, Friedrich Merz, declared victory in today&#8217;s general elections in Germany, calling it a &#8220;historic election night.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking at party headquarters after the release of preliminary results, which showed the CDU\/CSU coalition winning 29% of the vote, Merz acknowledged the responsibility and challenges ahead. He noted that the campaign had been particularly tough, addressing issues of economic policy, migration, foreign policy, and security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He expressed confidence that he would soon be able to form a government capable of acting in Germany&#8217;s best interest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The world outside is not waiting for us and lengthy negotiations,&#8221; Merz stated, as reported by <em>The Guardian<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to early exit polls released by German media, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU\/CSU), led by Friedrich Merz, is in the lead with 29% of the vote in Germany&#8217;s snap parliamentary elections. In second place, according to projections, is the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD), which secured 19.5%, marking a historic success for the party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Social Democratic Party (SPD) of outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz received 16% of the vote, according to polls, making it their worst result, German media report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Greens won 13.5% of the vote, while the Left Party placed fifth with 8.5%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF;color:#d21414\" class=\"has-inline-color\">READ MORE: <\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fserbiantimes%2Fposts%2Fpfbid0AGwUpNVZCNGzKRPcGdAz17VEBq2bQByrrA6t12ntQpmq1BjUYDdhED8VHoEipdial&#038;show_text=true&#038;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"250\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; 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Speaking at party headquarters after the release of preliminary results, which showed the CDU\/CSU coalition winning 29% of the vote, Merz acknowledged the responsibility and challenges ahead. 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