Germany elections: Narrow win for Social Democrats

There are no resounding winners in yesterday's German election, but there were some clear losers. Without her at the helm, the CDU of Angela Merkel scored the worst result since its foundation after the Second World War. It will sully Angela Merkel's legacy, even if the party will try and cobble together a workable coalition.

The prize of last night goes to the Social Democrats of Olaf Scholz, who were only 1.5 percent ahead of their rival, but have a much stronger case and easier path to form a coalition with the Greens and the Free Democrats.

Because of the colours red, yellow and green, it's become known as the Traffic Light Coalition.

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[RumoredAtmos]

Fantastic news hopefully they can do things right. You guys have it pretty good already there in the EU compared to the US. Good luck

[ellistarceansa]

WOW ... excellent report. *Olaf is extremely convincing as a leader* - nice to have that tempered by the activist who rightly points out that the SPD's sights, like the Union's sights, are set way way too low.

[michaelrch]

Very informative coverage with minimal spin. Thanks Channel 4.

[jacklewis]

1:14 Matt Frei flexing his Bilingual muscles 💪

[Davao]

He definitely knows how to answer questions. Btw, the shade!!! haha well you had your brexit cake, so you need to eat it.

[End-Result]

Frei's coverage of this election has been pretty darn decent, I must say.

[EapeTheMatrix]

I hope this sparks the move for legal cannabis in Europe.

[florafauna]

What a difference between british politics and german politics. Grown up politics v an obsolete "kingdom".

[Sleepflowrr]

Why can't the UK learn from this?

[bonosbones]

At least he realizes that ending freedom of movement is the root of the truck drivers crisis in Brexit country.

[footballmint]

Haven't heard much from him but his answer to the question was pretty good tbh

[finnibat]

Very nice coverage, thank you for that!

[colinl]

This is exciting, as John Kampfner says. I loved Olaf Scholz’s answer. And if only we could see someone like Luisa Neubauer in our political scene!

[marklucious]

As the economy keep rising one need to have a different stream of income, one need to have a diversified portfolion in order to survive

[BLADE_PLASMA]

*Are they the party who promised to not introduce TUTION fee for non - EU students?*

[nigeledisonaaa]

As a foreigner who has never been to Germany, my assumption is that Berlin is merely a square with a gate plus a food market.

[zeddeka]

John Kampfner quite wrong about the FDP. They were always the traditional coalition partner (for either of the two main parties) throughout much of postwar German politics. Nothing new about it at all.

[amirmohammadnoormohammad]

Kindly please remember Afghanistan 🇦🇫.

[RankinMsP]

Listening to Germans speaking better English than the average Brit.
Can't imagine the lack of investment in education in the UK has had anything to do with that...😐

[lucianasalles]

A OS é para demandas e Saúde e Previdência Social de dados verdadeiros