Comment: SPD wins without top Berlin comrades - AfD opponents should not cheer prematurely

Clear election victory for red-green - a bitter evening for CDU and FDP. The AfD could fly out of parliament. A commentary by Christian Deutschländer.

The country is amazed and can hardly explain the election result of Hamburg. In spite of its own losses, the SPD achieved an unexpectedly clear election victory, the CDU dawned the five percent hurdle, and the number of factions in the citizenship fell. It is not easy and reflex to justify federal trends. It doesn't have to - it is a good thing when the charisma and competence of the candidates decide on-site regional elections.

Hamburg SPD benefits from Prime Minister Tschentscher

For Peter Tschentscher, the head of the SPD government, it even paid off to keep the comrades-in-arms out of his election campaign ; there are currently no red winners from Berlin. Tschentscher may be unknown nationwide, in his Hanseatic city he is valued and considered competent. He kept his moan, exchange mood and fears low - under his SPD, Hamburg, coming from a moderate level, became noticeably and measurably safer.

AfD opponents in Germany should not cheer prematurely

Christian Deutschländer comments on the result of the Hamburg election.

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This component also helped to keep the AfD small, perhaps a little supported by the debates about Erfurt and Hanau. Although nobody should cheer prematurely, the rise in AfD would now be broken nationwide.

Campaigners must take up the city's attitude to life - also in Munich

Hamburg, keyword FDP, will certainly have consequences. What can be learned from this election evening is how much different political milieus there are in well-off large cities. The city is not everything, but everything is different in the city. This time, almost two thirds of Hamburg's residents chose red and green - hardly out of tough ideology, because the same city had chosen the liberal CDU man Ole von Beust for a decade. If you like, you can see parallels to Munich: how important it is here to take up the city's attitude to life with a pragmatic, fundamentally positive course . The Union does not take this to heart everywhere.