Perspective: Germany’s National Election | 25 February, 2025

Описание: Today we’re going to talk about Germany where mainstream conservative parties - Christian Democratic Union (CDU) led by Friedrich Merz and its sister party Christian Social Union (CSU) have won the national election.The CDU/CSU bloc has won 28.6% of the votes, followed by 20.8% for the far-right Alternative for Germany. Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats finished third with 16.4%,the party’s worst result since World War II. The incumbent chancellor conceded defeat, terming it a “bitter election result.” The neoliberal Free Democratic Party (FDP), whose withdrawal from the coalition triggered the snap election, also suffered heavy losses. However, while the CDU/CSU bloc have won the largest share of votes, they don't hold an absolute majority. They will need to enter a coalition with another party to secure a majority and form the next government. What could be the possible coalition outcomes? What are the challenges that await the next German Chancellor – Freidrich Merz? What will be his key priorities towards restoring Germany’s leadership in Europe?

Guests:
1. Prof. Gulshan Sachdeva, School of International Studies, JNU
2 .Meera Shankar, Former Ambassador

Anchor: Teena Jha
Producer: Surender Sharma
Guest Team: Paras Kandpal, Vinod Kumar Singh
PCR Team: Sanjeev Gupta, Rajesh Barnwal, Syed Mohd Ali, Braja Rout, Rishi Chauhan

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