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The 2024 European Parliament election was the first national election to be held in Germany since the 2021 federal election, in which former Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats CDU-CSU lost to the Social Democratic Party (SPD) led by Olaf Scholz [6] who formed a "traffic light coalition" with the Free Democratic Party (FDP) and the Alliance 90/The Greens.
The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), which had topped polls for the past two years in the state, won 29.2%, according to provisional official results by the State Electoral Commissioner.
In the previous state election held on 27 October 2019, The Left became the largest party for the first time in any German state, winning 31.0% of votes cast. The Alternative for Germany (AfD) made the largest gains, increasing its vote share by almost 13 percentage points and became the second largest party with 23.4%. The Christian Democratic ...
The Brandenburg election was the third in a string of elections in Eastern Germany in September 2024, each of which saw a strong performance for the far-right AfD. In Thuringia the party became the largest in a state parliament for the first time; it also recorded its best result to date in Saxony.
Regional elections take place every five years in Germany and each state can have their election at various dates. The German state of Brandenburg is set to head to the polls on September 22.
On 16 December 2024, Scholz called a vote of confidence in the ruling government, which was lost. [2] As a result, an early 2025 federal election is to be held, with the parties having agreed on 23 February 2025 as the date. [3] The 23 February date for the election was confirmed by Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on 27 December 2024. [4]
Germany is expected to hold a snap election in February next year. Political turmoil at the heart of Europe is also taking place in France. ... Updated December 16, 2024 at 10:44 AM.
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