SPD edges ahead of Merkel’s CDU in end-of-era German election
Al Jazeera
Centre-left Social Democrats take lead as conservatives head towards worst-ever result in national election.
Germany’s centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) have edged into the lead over Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives in national elections, according to projected results, as its leader Olaf Scholz claimed a “clear mandate” for the party to form the government for the first time since 2005.
The SPD was on track for 26.0 percent of the vote, ahead of 24.5 percent for Merkel’s CDU/CSU conservatives, according to a Sunday projection by broadcaster ZDF. The showing was the worst by the CDU in 70 years.
With neither main group commanding a majority, and both reluctant to repeat their awkward “grand coalition” of the past four years, the most likely outcome of the vote is a three-way coalition with either the SPD or the CDU/CSU.
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