In crucial elections, the Germans with proper -wing extremists acquire the surveys on the surveys

The German Parliament touches its last regular session in front of the general elections.

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The Germans drove to the surveys on Sunday to coordinate in the national elections in 2025, which almost guarantees that a new Chancellor from Olaf Scholz takes over to lead the largest economy in Europe.

The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and her partner The Christian Social Union (CSU) asked first of the elections and took advantage of their senior candidate Friedrich Merz for chancellorship.

The right -wing extremist alternative for Germany (AfD) is expected to stand in front of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and the Greens of Scholz in second place, which were also part of the recent ruling coalition, which collapsed at the end of last year.

This marks a shift compared to the 2021 elections, when the SPD came out, followed by the CDU/CSU. The AfD won fourth place at that time.

The Germans will hand over two votes to the surveys, one that a member of a member of them directly chooses to represent their constituency and one for a party list. The second vote determines the proportional composition of the German parliament, the Bundestag, and parties send their candidates to Berlin to ensure representation.

There is also a 5% threshold that the parties have to meet to remove delegates to the Bundestag. Some of the smaller parties, including the left, the Free Democratic Party (FDP) and the Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW) Alliance, have long interviewed on this brand, and the left has increased slightly in the past few days.

Coalition building

After the coordination, attention will be shifted to the construction process for coalition. It is rare for a German party to achieve an absolute majority, and which group ensures the largest number of seats in parliament, usually has to find governance partners to secure a prevailing majority.

This process can take weeks or even months – parties have extensive negotiations before making a coalition agreement on the common political positions and plans.

“Latest surveys show that the conservatives (CDU/CSU) receive the highest proportion of votes, but one or two (unlikely) coalition partners, probably the SPD and/or the Greens,” said the analysts of the Deutsche Bank in a reference Week.

All major parties said that they are not entered a coalition with the right -wing extremist AfD. Due to its growth of popularity, the result of the party is being observed despite a series of controversy and studies on their behavior, which also triggered nationwide protests.

The smaller parties will also concentrate in this election – their entry into the parliament could influence whether a third coalition partner is needed to form a majority government. You could also be the key if the new government wants to make changes to the constitution that require the support of a two-thirds majority that could effectively block the smaller parties.

Early elections

The election takes place a few months earlier than originally planned, since the so-called ampula of the traffic light coalition, which consisted of Scholz 'SPD, the Green Party and the FDP in November. The alliance has been in power since the takeover of long -time Chancellor Angela Merkel in 2021.

Months of political crime and disagreements within the coalition on economic, financial and budgetary policy ultimately led to the collapse of the government when Scholz dismissed the former finance minister Christian Lindner.

Then steps were taken to trigger a snap choice – which only took place in the history of Germany for three other times. For the first time, Scholz had to demand a vote in the parliament of the country before suggesting the dissolution of German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.

The head of state then dissolved the lower house of the parliament and determined the date of election on Sunday.