US President Donald Trump said it was a “big day for Germany” after the conservatives won the German legislative elections on Sunday, who witnessed remarkable progress for the far right.
The Republican President wrote on his “Truth such” platform, “is a big day for Germany and the United States of America”, after the Democratic Christian Union and the Christian Social Union, Conservative , obtained approximately 29% of the votes.
“As is the case in the United States, the German people are tired of the illogical agenda, in particular with regard to energy and immigration,” he added.
The expectations published by the television channel of the ZDF government indicated that the opposition block, which includes the Democratic Christian Union and the Christian Social Union, won the elections after obtaining 28.7% of the votes, followed by The alternative for Germany of 19.8%, which represents twice what happened is 4 years ago.
German reactions
Advisor Olaf Schultz admitted to defeated in the elections and congratulated his governor, Ferdrich Mertz, Félicité.
“This is a bitter electoral result of the Social Democratic Party, which is also an electoral defeat,” added Schultz during his first reaction.
For his part, Ferdrich Mertz, the leader of the conservatives who exceeded the results of the elections, announced that he wanted to form a government “as soon as possible” in the light of the current international challenges.
“The outside world will not await us and will not expect long coalition negotiations (…). We must be ready to work again quickly to do what is necessary internally to be present again in Europe”, “Mertz told Berlin.
On the other hand, the chief of the extremist in Germany, Alice Fayedel, congratulated the “historic result” on Sunday evening that her “alternative for Germany” obtained in the legislative elections and said that it means that the Party is now “strongly firm” in the political scene.
She added to local media that “our prolonged hand” to participate in a coalition government with the coalition that brings together the democratic Christian union and the Christian social union in Bavaria, which first classified according to the surveys of ‘opinion.
It should be noted that Friederich Mertz, leader of the Christian Democratic union party, excluded all alliance with the far right, but he had triggered controversy last month when he submitted a project to parliament which was approved thanks to support From the alternative to German votes in Germany, violating one of the former taboos.
Fayedal expected that if the Party of the Christian Democratic Union continues to refuse to cooperate with his party “to implement the will of the people”, the alternative for Germany “excel” in the next elections after 4 years.