: German election: Social Democrats narrowly beat Angela Merkel’s conservative party #IndiaNEWS Germany’s Social Democratic Party narrowly won the national election held in the country on Sunday

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German election: Social Democrats narrowly beat Angela Merkel’s conservative party #IndiaNEWS
Germany’s Social Democratic Party narrowly won the national election held in the country on Sunday against Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union, The Guardian reported.The centre-left Social Democratic Party has won 25.7% of the popular vote, while the centre-right Christian Democratic Union party fell to a historic low of 24.1%, the newspaper quoted the federal election agency as saying.The Greens constituted the third-largest party with 14.8% of the vote, and the party secured its best result ever in a national election. The liberal Free Democratic Party came in on fourth place with 11.5% votes. The far-right Alternative for Germany, AfD, got 10.3% of the popular vote.Merkel, who has been the German chancellor for 16 years, had announced before the election that she will not seek a fifth term. However, she will continue to hold the post until a coalition for the next government is formed. Such a coalition may not be formed until Christmas, according to the BBC.The Social Democrats’ candidate Olaf Scholz said that the result was “a very clear mandate to ensure now that we put together a good, pragmatic government for Germany�, AP reported.“Many citizens have put their crosses next to the SPD [Social Democratic Party] because they want there to be a change in government and also because they want the...Read more

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