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Conservatives head for German election victory but far-right AfD set for second place, exit polls say (www.bbc.com)
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The conservative CDU/CSU party is expected to be the largest party in the next German parliament with 30% of the vote, according to the first two exit polls Friedrich Merz, 69, is in pole position to become Germany's next chancellor The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) is set to become the second biggest force in the country, with a record 20% of the vote, according to exit polls

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[–] superkret@feddit.org 20 points 10 hours ago (3 children)

Nazis won’t be part of the government after this result. The conservatives have stated before the election that they won’t form a coalition with the far right AfD, the green party or the left party. But with this result, they have a majority with the social democrats alone.

This will be a stable, centrist, boring government, typically German. Too little progress, but no catastrophe, and no threat to EU democracy, nor to international obligations or support for Ukraine. Neither party are Putin bootlickers either.

In the opposition, the greens and the left combined have more seats than the AfD. And 84% turnout is the highest since 1987!!!

[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

But they will still have 20% of seats, which is not insignificant. I'm glad to see the turnout!

[–] AlecSadler@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 hours ago

Oh okay, thank you for explaining!

[–] BananaOnionJuice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 9 hours ago

Good even if it looks bad, it's not catastrophic yet. One can hope afd will show the voters just how unhinged they are and lose votes for the next election.