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Why the German election is still not over


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Yesterday, fifty-nine million voters cast their ballots in what is considered a defining election for Europe’s future.

 

It was a big night for the Christian Democrats, which came out on top. This is a good reason for Merz, the likely next chancellor, to celebrate – but maybe not too hard, as the far-right AfD is now the second force in parliament.

 

For the Social Democrats, it was more of an existential crisis, performing the lowest score ever in a result that Scholz himself described as a "defeat."

 

But what happens next? And what does Merz hold for the future of the EU?

 

Euractiv’s editor-in-chief Matthew Karnitschnig and German bureau chief Nick Alipour reacted to the results as they were coming in from our Berlin office.

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