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Date: February 23, 2025 at 02:58:07
From: akira, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Polls open in Germany in crucial general election - today |
URL: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/germany-polls-olaf-scholz-russia-ukraine-b2703030.html |
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German voters are heading to the polls for a national election
The Associated Press
Sunday 23 February 2025
German voters are heading to the polls Sunday for a national election. The race
pits the incumbent chancellor against the opposition leader, the vice chancellor
and — for the first time — a leader of a far-right party.
Germany’s electoral system rarely gives any party an absolute majority and
opinion polls suggest that no party is anywhere near one this time. Two or more
parties will most likely form a coalition in the coming weeks.
Sunday’s election comes as Germany, and the rest of Europe, grapples with the
new Trump administration, the Russia-Ukraine war and security across the
continent.
Here’s the latest:
Who can vote?
German citizens aged 18 and up can vote. At least 59.2 million people in the
nation of 84 million are eligible, about 2.3 million of them for the first time.
Polling stations are open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. local time.
The candidates for chancellor
Four candidates are bidding to be Germany’s next leader in Sunday’s election.
The candidates are incumbent Chancellor Olaf Scholz, opposition leader
Friedrich Merz, Vice Chancellor and environmentalist Greens candidate Robert
Habeck and co-leader of the AfD AfD Alice Weidel.
Polls have opened across Germany
Polls are now open across Germany in an election that could shape Europe’s
response to the new Trump administration, the Russia-Ukraine war and security
across the continent.
Why is Germany holding an election?
The election comes seven months ahead of schedule following the collapse of
Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s three-party coalition in early November.
It’s only the fourth time the Bundestag has been dissolved ahead of schedule
following a confidence vote under Germany’s post-World War II constitution.
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Date: February 23, 2025 at 03:02:10
From: akira, [DNS_Address]
Subject: The latest polls ahead of Germany’s snap election |
URL: https://www.reuters.com/graphics/GERMANY-ELECTION/POLLS/akveedlravr/ |
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Feb. 22, 2025
29.4%
CDU/CSU
15.4%
SPD
13.0%
Greens
4.2%
FDP
20.4%
AfD
4.9%
BSW
6.9%
Left
Individual polls
Parties must clear a 5% electoral threshold in Germany to win seats in the
national parliament or at least three of the party's candidates must win their
local elections outright.
Germany will hold a snap national election on February 23 following the
collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz's three-way coalition.
Currently, the CDU/CSU leads in our polling aggregate by 9 points over the AfD.
The far-right AfD has gained 3.7 points since June 2024. The SPD, the current
leaders in the national parliament, have lost 12.3 points since the last federal
election, and are currently in third place.
Germany has two centrist, “big-tent” parties: Scholz's centre-left Social
Democrats (SPD) and the opposition conservatives, an alliance of the Christian
Democrats (CDU) and their Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union
(CSU).
Both have lost support in recent years, with smaller parties such as the Greens
and far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) gaining ground.
The SPD, conservatives, Greens and AfD are all fielding candidates for
chancellor.
Also running are the pro-market Free Democrats (FDP), the far-left Linke and
the leftist Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW), who are all at risk of missing the
5% threshold to make it into parliament, according to opinion polls.
Sources
Polling data from walrecht.de.
Methodology
Our poll aggregate for parties is estimated using local polynomial regression,
which is a method used to fit a curve through individual poll points.
The margin of error for individual polls is estimated from the poll’s sample size
and the number of eligible German voters reported by the German Federal
Statistical Office.
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