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… The SPD and Greens make big gains in German election, CDU & CSU get worst result ever …

… Gains for the Greens and setbacks for the CDU and AfD in German state … light” coalition consisting of the Social Democrats (SPD), the Free Democrats (FDP), and the Greens (“traffic … the substantial losses suffered by the AfD were good news for most Germans. One might assume that if the …

… Bavarian Earthquake: Big losses for the CSU and SPD, big wins for the Greens and AfD … Bavarian Earthquake: Big losses for the CSU …

… CDU surprises pollsters, scores big win in German state election … CDU surprises pollsters, … in Sunday’s vote. The Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) won only 8.4 percent of the party list vote, a loss of … 5 percent threshold of representation in the Landtag; the Greens, which, notwithstanding their considerable support in …

… Scholz and SPD move into the lead in German election campaign … Scholz … percent compared with its party list vote in 2013. The two big winners in 2017 were the xenophobic, right-wing … other parties remained about where they were in 2013: The Greens won 8.9 percent of the party list vote, an increase of …

… CDU-CSU choose Laschet and Greens choose Baerbock as chancellor candidates for September … Baerbock as chancellor candidates for September election German voters will go to the polls on September 26 to elect … Laschet, Olaf Scholz of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), the current vice chancellor and minister of finance, …

… Republic. The vote for the Social Democratic Party (SPD) which governs with the CDU and CSU in a “grand … the lowest in any election since World War II. The big winner was the far-right, xenophobic Alternative for … points from the 35.4 percent they won in 2014, while the Greens nearly doubled their vote to 20.5 percent and the AfD …

… As German Court examines EU plan to issue debt, CDU & CSU argue … than 25 percent, only a few percentage points ahead of the Greens. The message for the CDU and CSU from the recent polls … favor for chancellor between Laschet, the leaders of the SPD and Greens, and none of the above, the latter wins in a …

… Roundtable on German Elections … Roundtable on German Elections The … with Merkel’s party. The Social Democratic Party (SPD) and its representative Olaf Scholz won 25.7% or 206 … – they simply lost it, while youth leaned to vote for The Greens and Liberals.” Katharina Schulze, Leader of the …

… parties negotiate a coalition agreement. But will the SPD members say yes? … German parties negotiate a coalition … a coalition agreement with the Free Democrats and the Greens, and then a protracted negotiation between the CDU-CSU … of the party list vote in September, an opportunity to make further inroads into the CDU and CSU electorates. …

… Democratic Union (CDU) and the Social Democratic Party (SPD), which govern Germany in a “grand coalition,” suffered … xenophobic Alternative for Germany (AfD) and the Greens. The CDU received 27.0 percent of the vote and 40 … of immigration, support for the European Union—that make them an attractive alternative to the other parties, …

… a state election—this one on Sunday in Hamburg—today the German Christian Democratic Union (CDU) moved up the date for … four percentage points to 11.2 percent. In contrast, the Greens, who govern the state with the Social Democrats (SPD), won 24.2 percent, a gain of almost 12 percentage …