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German election: the results explained as Friedrich Merz comes out swinging for Europe

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par Ed Turner, Reader in Politics, Co-Director, Aston Centre for Europe, Aston University

Friedrich Merz, the presumptive chancellor of Germany, has confirmed he will seek a coalition with the social democratic SPD after the Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) won the February 23 election, topping the poll with 28.5%. Although the SPD has gone from winning the last election to a record low result of 16.4% of the vote, it remains the only credible coalition partner for presumptive…

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