European election dents German leader's authority, boosts conservatives and the far right
The IndependentFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Dismal results for Germany's governing parties in the European Parliament election have dented Chancellor Olaf Scholz's authority and could prompt even more of the infighting that just cost the government dearly. The defeat of the three parties in Scholz's unpopular coalition “really wasn't surprising, but the level they've dropped to is quite shocking for a governing coalition,” said Andrea Römmele, a political science professor at the Hertie School in Berlin. The party's general secretary, Kevin Kühnert, told Phoenix television that, with the Cabinet due to present a draft budget within weeks, “it isn’t plausible that everything will get quieter tomorrow if all just pull themselves together.” Opposition leader Friedrich Merz celebrated his Union bloc’s win and described the outcome as “a serious defeat for the chancellor, who was on posters across the country.” Fellow conservatives suggested that Scholz should call a parliamentary confidence vote or that new elections might be needed — suggestions the governing parties dismissed. “And that’s something that the AfD appeals to.” While AfD has benefited from discontent with the government — as did the new BSW party, which won 6.2% of the vote in its first election with an agenda that combines left-wing economic policy with a restrictive approach to migration and opposition to weapons supplies to Ukraine — Merz's center-right Union bloc has done so at best to a limited extent.
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