According to reports, there was an 84% turnout in the german election, result as follows. The christian democrats or cdu 28.6% of the vote, alternative for Germany (afd) 20.8%, the previously ruling social democrats (spd) 16.4%, greens 11.6% and the left party 8.8%.
Reportedly, the christian democrats and their bavarian sister party, the christian social union will try and form a coalition with the social democrats (spd), the only alternative would be a coalition with afd which has been ruled out by Friedrich Merz, leader of the cdu. According to a report, the cdu agenda includes migration (Germany currently accepts more migrants than any other country in Europe) and unity in Europe.
Reportedly, Friedrich Merz who was born to a catholic family and joined the cdu when he was still at school, used to ride a motorbike and hang out by a chip stand. According to the report, following school he enlisted for military service, then studied law. Reportedly, Mr Merz worked as a lawyer before entering politics; he was elected to the european parliament in 1989 before entering the bundestag in 1994. According to the report, he decided to leave parliament to make room for reflection and pursued a career as a lawyer for more than ten years from 2009.