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Germany's Scholz Laments 'Bitter' Election Result
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0:14Now PlayingGermany’s Social Democrats are taking steps to revamp their leadership as a role in a new government beckons, even though Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s party slumped to its worst election result since World War II.
Despite falling more than nine percentage points to 16.5% in Sunday’s election, according to the latest projection by broadcaster ARD, the SPD will probably be tapped by election winner Friedrich Merz to enter coalition talks. His conservative Christian Democrats will likely only be able to secure a majority in the Bundestag with the Social Democrats or Alternative for Germany.
Merz has ruled out an alliance with the far-right AfD, and that will all but force the SPD and the CDU-led bloc to seek a so-called grand coalition of the country’s two traditionally strongest parties.
Germany’s sputtering economy and geopolitical pressures stemming from US President Donald Trump ripping up the transatlantic alliance creates urgency for the SPD to resolve internal issues and engage with the rival conservatives.
On election night, Scholz made clear that he will not take part in a Merz-led government and will also play no major role in the upcoming coalition negotiations. That shifts the focus to Defense Minister Boris Pistorius. The country’s most popular politician was widely touted as the better candidate ahead of the snap election, but Scholz refused to make way.
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