Germany Elections

Hi all, yesterday I read an editorial on election results in Germany which got me interested in the topic. Just out of curiosity I was interested in knowing about the names of the political parties and trends in elections. I read that editorial and other articles on the internet about this. Here are some facts. 

Election results in Germany. 

Germans voted for change. 

Winner:  Friedrich Merz. 

Platform: Economic Reform and Immigration Control. 

Merz is leader of the center right Christian Democrats CDU. And their Bavarian sister CSU.

The likely vote share of 29% marks a four point improvement on Friedrich Merz's party's result under a different leader in the last election in 2021. 

Outgoing Chancellor: Olaf Scholz

Party: Social Democrats (SPD). 

This party has a 16% vote share down nearly ten percent from 2021. 

The other big winner: Alternative for Germany (AFD) on track to win about 20% of votes.

This party is anti US. 

This party increased its vote share (double) from 2021 despite serious concerns about Nazi sympathies among some of its leaders. 

This election centered in the fiscal and social costs of welcoming hundreds of thousands of middle eastern migrants especially amidst high profile terror attacks. 

The AFD has called for rethinking green fixations. 

Merz is for immigration limits. 

But his party remains divided on reform of green policies. 

The Christian democrats vote share is far below what the party won in previous decades. 

To govern Mr Metz will have to form a coalition with one of the elections losers.

The options for Mr. Mertz are the Social Democrats of the outgoing chancellor (SPD) Olaf Scholz. 

This party has a 16% vote share down nearly ten percent from 2021. 

Coalition with the greens whose 12% to 13% vote share is down slightly from 2021. 

I read in another internet article that the German elections shows the green wave has receded in Germany. 

No party wants to form a coalition with Afd. 

These are some important facts to remember about the German elections. The thing to be really happy about is that democracy is vibrant in Germany. I think I read in an internet article that voter turn-out was very high. I remembered a fact I learned in school about Germany. The German parliament is Bundestag. As the Israeli parliament is the Knesset. The Japanese is Diet. The Indian parliament is Sansad Bhavan. I hope you have a lovely day!