In all three federal states CDU achieved worse results than in the previous elections five years ago. ARD public television commentator Tina Hassel identified losses CDU as “dramatic”. “It signals a lack of confidence in the elites” – she noted commentator.
The Christian Democrats lost the most voters to the right-wing populist Alternatives for Germany (AFD), demanding the immediate closure of the border for immigrants from Islamic countries. AFD came to all three parliaments; Saxony-Anhalt is a resounding success by earning estimates 24 percent. and becoming the second political force in the state of.
compared with 2011 losses also took note of the SPD. Poor performance of the Social Democrats and the Christian Democrats make the difficult state of the process of creating a coalition government. To create the most may be necessary instead of two, as yet, but the three parties.
Baden-Wuerttemberg, until recently a bastion of the CDU, the Christian Democrats won only 27 percent. votes – 12 percent. less than five years ago. This is the worst result of the Christian Democrats in the federal state since the establishment of the FRG. The success of the Greens suffered Prime Minister Winfried Kretschmann, who probably will retain the position of head of government in one of the most important German federal states. The Greens won more than 30 percent. Vote for the first time in history are the strongest group in this large and economically strong federal state.
Starting the first time the right-wing populist Alternative for Germany (AFD) gained 14.9 percent. SPD ahead with less than 13 percent.
“Dopięliśmy her. It was difficult, because all of us fought,” – he said after the administration of the first forecasts Joerg Meuthen No. 1 on the list of AFD. As assured members of the AFD are “neither extreme right nor the racists.” He announced that in the parliament his party will focus on issues of internal security, neglected – in his opinion – by the government.
With a post-election arithmetic shows that the current coalition Greens-SPD lost its majority. Greens may enter into a coalition with the CDU or co-opt former coalition a third party. “I talked to all the democratic parties,” – said Kretschmann.
Rhineland-Palatinate CDU, who long led in the polls, failed to outdistance the SPD. The Social Democrats won 37.5 per cent., The Christian Democrats 32.8 percent. – Less by 2.4 percent. than in 2011, which is their worst result in this federal state. AFD was supported by 12.3 percent. voters. And in this state of need it will be complicated coalition negotiations, because the former partner of the SPD – Greens – has been the result around the electoral threshold.
Saxony-Anhalt , in eastern Germany, the CDU remained the strongest party but received worse result by 2.8 percent. than five years ago – 39.7 per cent. SPD suffered defeat – 10.9 percent. – By more than 10 percent. less than in previous elections. Sensational result recorded while AFD – as much as 24 percent. votes. This is the best result obtained by the party in its three-year history.
Premier Reiner Haseloff (CDU) ruled to date with the SPD will have to find a third coalition partner.
The head of the Parliamentary Committee of the CDU. Contacts with the Bundestag Michael Grosse-Broemer said, commenting on the results in all the lands that the election night “is not easy for the parties represented in the Bundestag.” “Encompassing the whole world crisis causes anxiety, which creates a good atmosphere for the party of protest” – said the politician.
Warning for the rulers
According to analyzes conducted by ZDF television that three-quarters of the voters who voted for AFD, guided by a desire to “show the ruling yellow card” and not the competence of its leaders. Right-wing populists managed to mobilize people not taking part in the elections so far. They accounted for 40 percent of the ZDF. all voters of the party.
A test for Merkel’s policy?
Sunday’s elections in three federal states are considered to be a plebiscite on immigration policy, Chancellor Merkel and her government. For the first time since the outbreak last summer migration crisis, which strongly divided society, German citizens have the opportunity through the ballot endorse or reject the controversial government policy.
The Secretary General of the CDU Peter Tauber said that the outcome of the elections does not mean having to change the government’s policy towards refugees. Agency dpa notes that the election winner – both Kretschmann, and the Prime Minister of Rhineland-Palatinate Malu Dreyer – openly supported the policy of Merkel.
In the last year, came to Germany more than a million immigrants. Merkel is opposed to the closure of the border and the introduction of annual quotas for refugees. The head of the German government prefers a solution throughout the EU on the basis of an agreement with Turkey.
“This Sunday the election will go down in history. It allows you to look at the future of German democracy. It shows how progressing disintegration of the old party system and directs his gaze to the threats to democracy, which are the initials of AFD” – says in the commentary edition of Internet “Sueddeutsche Zeitung” .
PAP / agkm
Snapshots of the campaign before Sunday’s election.
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