Elections in Germany will define new chancellor

Sunday (23) is marked by the election of the new German Parliament, which will define who will be the new prime minister of the largest European power. The ballot boxes were opened at 8 am local time (4 hours in Brasilia) closing at 6 pm (14 hours of Brasilia). At the end, the official result expected for the morning of Monday (24) begins. The voting system also has votes by mail.

The election happens amid the advance of the far right that takes advantage of the recession of the last two years (- 0.3% in 2023 and- 0.2% in 2024 of GDP) to embark on his speech against immigration.

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Research indicates the favoritism of the Conservative Christian Democratic Union Party (CDU), led by Friedrich Merz, who can be raised to the chancellor depending on the coalition formed. The CDU is the party of former Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Already the social democratic party of Germany (SPD), of the current chancellor, Olaf Scholz, appears in retraction with the loss of chairs in the Bundestag, the German Parliament.

Although the election appears to favor the CDU, the leftist parties should grow: the left (Die Linke) and the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance-Reason and Justice (BSW), the latter on the rise and with an anti-immigration position that is approaching of the right in the theme.

The biggest concern in this election is the advance of the alternative to Germany (AFD), the far right party that, according to the surveys, can have the second largest bench and claim Alice Weidel as a chancellor.

In February, protests against the far right gathered thousands of people. In Munich an act accounted for 15% of Bavaria’s population, 500,000 people, against the resilience of CDU and AFD. The advance of these parties, as well as their approach, also mobilized 300,000 people in Berlin earlier this month.

*With information from agencies