Markus Söder’s CSU is largely stable. The AfD is making strong gains in Bavaria and Hesse. Failure of the SPD and FDP. Head-to-head race for second place in Bavaria.
Both State elections in Bavaria could the CSU, which dominated politics in the Free State for decades, maintained its leadership position despite losses. According to projections, CSU comes out ahead 36.5 to 36.8 percent – the worst result in its history. However, the losses compared to 2018, when they also reached a historic low (37.2), are modest, between one and two percent.
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Right-wing populists score points
Greens It is AfD Meanwhile, there is a fierce competition for second place. According to the latest projections, the AfD comes in second place with 15.5 to 15.9 percent. The Greens are far behind, with 15.4 to 15.8 percent.
O politically right-wing conservatives free voters, most recently a government partner of the CDU, comes in fourth with 14.4 to 14.7 percent. Your boss Hubert Aiwanger recently made headlines about his Nazi past with his “leaflet affair.” The CSU and Free Voters are in the state parliament
According to ARD’s projection, with 117 of the 205 seats combining to form a clear majority.
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I don’t think we have slipped to the left, but rather that Germany’s global coordinates are moving in a different direction. The AfD’s high level of acceptance – and if you look at the polls that way, it also means that some people don’t care if it’s a right-wing extremist party – I think we all have a big task here as democrats.
Markus Söder on political coordinates in Germany
Markus Söder, the CSU’s main candidate and Bavarian Prime Minister, voted on Sunday at the Theodor Billroth School
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FDP and SPD lose
Liberals are in an existential crisis PSD, which leaves the state parliament in Munich with 2.9 percent. Also the SPD it only achieved a meager 8.1 to 8.2 percent – this would be the worst result ever in an election in Bavaria. Voter turnout is estimated at 72.5 to 76 percent; In 2018 it was 72.4 percent.
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From the perspective of the FDP’s main candidate Martin Hagen Election Sunday is a sad day for liberalism in Bavaria. “The FDP has failed its electoral objective of returning to the Bavarian state parliament for the first time since 1978,” Hagen said shortly after 6pm at his party’s election party in Munich. SPD leader Lars Klingbeil admits “two SPD defeats” in Bavaria and Hesse. “We fought for something different, I was hoping for something different.” He congratulated the CDU and CSU on winning first place.
CSU party leader Markus Söder, Green Party lead candidate Katharina Schulze and SPD lead candidate Florian von Brunn in a televised debate
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The government alliance must continue
The CSU and Free Voters could do this The government alliance must continue as intended. Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) and Hubert Aiwanger (Free Voters) have already said this. Söder rejected the Greens. After the elections, what was promised before the elections must be implemented, Söder said on Sunday evening on ARD. He wants to continue a civilian government and hold the first talks this week. Aiwanger said on ZDF that they did not want to allow ambiguities to arise, but rather to clarify things within a few days and show that they continued to work well together.
The Green Party’s main candidate, Ludwig Hartmann, expressed satisfaction despite the slight losses. He accused Söder of actually bringing populism back to Bavaria, “which also strengthened the AfD.”
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Congratulations on Austria
Chancellor Karl Nehammer (ÖVP) spoke on “X” (formerly Twitter) with congratulations: “The election results confirm that people want a middle-class Christian social policy that guarantees prosperity and stability.”
Also governor of the state of Tyrol Anton Matteo (ÖVP) congratulated Söder on the election result on Sunday evening. “My warmest congratulations to Bavarian Prime Minister and CSU President Markus Söder on this excellent election result. Bavaria’s strong development, the clear lead candidate advantage and the CSU’s centrist policy led to the desired success.”
AfD is the second strongest party in Hesse
In the state elections of Hesse the CDU became by far the strongest force. According to initial projections from ARD and ZDF on Sunday evening, they are Christian Democrats of the Prime Minister Boris Reno With 33.8 to 34.5, well ahead of the coalition partner Greens (14.9) and the SPD (15.0 to 15.2 percent). O AfD gains significantly and reaches 18.0 to 18.2 percent
For the Hessian PSD State election night becomes a bust-fest. After ARD and ZDF projections saw the party at just 4.9 percent on Sunday night, later in the evening ARD (9:37 p.m.) and ZDF (9:32 p.m.) projections showed it back at 5, 0 percent. The FDP could only return to state parliament if the 5% barrier was reached.
O left drops to 3.1 to 3.3 percent. She has to leave the parliament in Wiesbaden. Voter turnout is reported to be between 65.5 and 65.6 percent.
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The Federal Minister of the Interior and the SPD’s main candidate in Hesse, Nancy Faeser, calls the election results “very disappointing” for his party. The SPD did not address its issues at all in the Hesse election campaign, she said in a speech to her party. “Let’s spend tonight together.”
Secretary General of the CDU Carsten Linnemann said the CDU’s performance in Hesse was a “sensational result”. Boris Rhein is an excellent candidate who addressed exactly the right issues. CDU leader Friedrich Merz supported him. The election campaign in Hesse also serves as a model for the federal election campaign.
Chancellor Carlos Nehammer (ÖVP) congratulated the Hessian CDU on its “clear electoral victory”. “In Hesse, our sister party has a long tradition of political responsibility and has always functioned as a central force for the well-being of citizens. This electoral victory is confirmation of the excellent work that the CDU has done over the years.
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