September 30, 2021 20:05 PM
Social Democratic Party candidate Schultz wins the election
The German general election has ended for a few days. Although German Chancellor Merkel’s coalition party candidate Raschelt has not given up on forming a cabinet, the German Federal Information Agency confirmed on the 29th that Merkel himself has congratulated the SPD candidate Scholtz for winning the election. The Social Democratic Party, the Coalition Party, the Liberal Democratic Party, and the Green Party will start the preliminary negotiations before the formal cabinet-forming negotiations this week.
The preliminary results of the German General Election announced by the German Federal Election Commission on the 27th showed that the Social Democratic Party led the political parties with 25.7% of the votes, and weakly ahead of the Coalition Party’s 24.1% of the votes. Although the Green Party and the Liberal Democratic Party have only about 10% of the votes, because the Social Democratic Party and the Coalition Party both insist on their own power to form a cabinet, and both parties need to unite two smaller parties to meet the governing threshold of 50% parliamentary seats, the Green The party and the Liberal Democratic Party actually dominate in the game of cabinet formation.
Merkel, who remained silent after the election, finally broke her silence on the 29th. The German Federal Information Agency stated in a written statement that day that Merkel had expressed congratulations to Scholtz on the 27th and congratulated her on her victory in the general election.
Although there are increasing calls within the Coalition Party that Rashet resign in order to assume the responsibility of losing the election, he still insists on continuing to promote the formation of a cabinet. According to a German TV station, on October 1st, the Green Party and the Liberal Democratic Party will start a dialogue; on October 2nd, the Liberal Democratic Party will hold a dialogue with the Coalition Party, and the Green Party will hold a small party congress; on October 3rd, the Social Democratic Party will hold a dialogue. Dialogues will be held with the Liberal Democratic Party and the Green Party respectively. During the week starting on October 4, the Coalition Party will invite the Green Party for a dialogue. The above dialogue is not an informal cabinet-making negotiation, and it is regarded as an exploratory nature.
Recently, some analysts believe that if communication with the smaller parties on the conditions for forming the cabinet is not smooth, it does not rule out that the Social Democratic Party and the Coalition Party will “return” again until the “major coalition government”, which has extended the two-term government before the general election, continues to rule. In this regard, the Secretary-General of the Social Democratic Party Klimbair emphasized that there is no “alternative plan” for the Social Democratic Party and will strive for the “Traffic Light Alliance” (that is, the Social Democratic Party, the Green Party, and the Liberal Democratic Party) to form a cabinet.
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