Berlin – The surveys are open in Germany, since the third largest economy in the world chooses a new leader to guide him through an era of febrile immigration debates and sour relations with Washington.
The vote is unusually dramatic for the most populous country in Europe, a place that normally is proud to have routine and hónenea ballots. This has turned this time by a series of high profile attacks of people with migrant history, creating an atmosphere of tension in which the alternative of extreme right for the German party seeks to capitalize.
The boat has been stirred by the voble support of the Trump administration for the AFD, shocking for many of the party’s opponents in a country still deeply cautious of its Nazi past.
Directed by Alice Weidel, the AFD is surveyed at 21%, which is reflected in the final result would mark the best result in its brief history of 12 years, and probably put it second nationwide. Despite their projected success, the other parts have promised not to enter a coalition after vote with the AFD, in honor of the informal “Firewall” that aims to avoid the return of fascism.
Leading the surveys is Friedrich Merz of the Christian Democratic Union, the party once led by Angela Merkel. The CDU is in vote of around 30%, with the titular Social Democratic Party, or SPD, led by Olaf Scholz, languishing in third place in around 15%. Greens are the following with 12%.
Smaller matches such as the Socialist Die Linke, Business Free Democrats and left -wing populist Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance will wait to achieve the threshold of 5% necessary to enter Bundestag.
In addition to migration, the other impulse factor behind this election is the economy. Although once seen as the industrial power of Europe, the economy of Germany has stagnated and now staggers on the edge of the recession. To relive it, the CDU and AFD want to reduce taxes and public spending, while the SPD and green would prefer to display investment subsidies and tax increases for high winners.
The other great schism is Ukraine, and most parties support the continuous support of the country that fights Russia, but the AFD favors withdrawing this support and improving ties with Russia. They are only one of the several extreme right parties that gain support in Europe that wants a closer relationship with the Kremlin.
Germany has a semi -professional voting system, which makes it difficult for any game to win directly. Instead, they must work together to form coalition governments, generally led by the biggest party. These can take weeks and even months.
So, despite the fact that the surveys close at 6 pm local time (noon et), at which time an exit survey should give an accurate idea of the result, which means that in practice it will probably take much longer emerge.
