President Donald Trump celebrated on Sunday after German conservative opposition chief Friedrich Merz claimed victory in a nationwide election, ousting Social Democrat incumbent Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
“LOOKS LIKE THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY IN GERMANY HAS WON THE VERY BIG AND HIGHLY ANTICIPATED ELECTION,” Trump wrote in a submit on Fact Social. “MUCH LIKE THE USA, THE PEOPLE OF GERMANY GOT TIRED OF THE NO COMMON SENSE AGENDA, ESPECIALLY ON ENERGY AND IMMIGRATION, THAT HAS PREVAILED FOR SO MANY YEARS.
“THIS IS A GREAT DAY FOR GERMANY, AND FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF A GENTLEMAN NAMED DONALD J. TRUMP,” he added. “CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL — MANY MORE VICTORIES TO FOLLOW!!!”
Germany’s center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) gained Sunday’s nationwide election, with the right-wing Different for Germany (AfD) ending a robust second, in keeping with exit polls.
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President Donald Trump praised conservative opposition chief Friedrich Merz’s victory to develop into Germany’s subsequent chancellor. (AP)
The snap election got here because the European nation grapples with unlawful immigration and a souring financial system. CDU chief Merz is anticipated to take a tougher line than Scholz on immigration, although not as a lot as AfD supporters have referred to as for.
Merz, whose celebration bought about 29% of the vote, should type a coalition with a number of of the opposite events, however has mentioned he is not going to achieve this with AfD.
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Friedrich Merz, chief of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), casts his vote at a polling station Arnsberg-Niedereimer, Germany, on Feb. 23, 2025, through the nationwide election. (Oliver Berg/dpa through AP)
Merz has mentioned he’ll execute a 15-point plan to deal with immigration, together with tightening the borders and deporting rejected asylum seekers. AfD desires to deport migrants en masse.
Whereas the AfD could also be frozen out of the incoming coalition, it doubled its vote whole from the final election.
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Endorsed by Trump and Elon Musk, and led by Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla, the celebration believes it has constructed momentum for the following election, anticipated in 2029.
