CDU after historically poor result in Mecklenburg

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CDU top candidate Michael Sack did not want to speculate about his future on election evening

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The SPD is the big winner of the state elections in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.

Prime Minister

Manuela Schwesig

has the best prospects for another term of office.

Projections by ARD and ZDF see the Social Democrats at 39.2 and 38.4 percent, respectively.

It was "a wonderful evening for our country and the SPD," said Schwesig. There was a “very clear vote of the citizens.” She was very proud to be “Prime Minister of the most beautiful federal state in Germany. And that I can stay that way now, ”Schwesig told the German Press Agency. She still left the question of possible coalitions open. "We are now waiting for the final results and then see who can form stable majorities," she said on ZDF.

Sadness, however, at the CDU: Its top candidate and party leader

Michael Sack

spoke of a "catastrophic result", the CDU member of the Bundestag

Philipp Amthor

of a "difficult day" for the Union in the northeast.

Sack initially left his future at the top of the party open after the historic defeat.

"The result is bitter," but he doesn't regret being a top candidate.

However, it is still too early to make decisions about its political future, according to Sack.

"Tomorrow evening we will be discussing in the board of directors and will also make decisions there."

In the last election, the CDU achieved its worst national result ever with 19 percent.

The Christian Democrats now see projections at 14 to 14.2 percent.

AfD satisfied, left optimistic

AfD top candidate

Nikolaus Kramer

regretted that his party narrowly missed the 2016 result.

He was nevertheless satisfied: "We have remained the strongest opposition force and thus also the only opposition in the state parliament." According to the current figures, the AfD is the second strongest force, as it was in 2016 (20.8 percent).

They see the projections at 17.3 and 18.1 percent, respectively.

Leading candidate

Simone Oldenburg was

optimistic

about the Left Party's historically poor election results

.

The downward trend has stopped.

“We are very happy that we are in the double digits”.

According to Oldenburg, every tenth voter and every tenth voter voted for links.

According to the projections, the left comes to 9.4 and 9.7 percent respectively (2017: 13.2),

The top candidate of the Greens in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania,

Anne Shepley

said in the ARD special election broadcast: "We are very pleased that climate protection in this country is represented again in the state parliament." Just missed the state parliament, are represented according to the projections in the upcoming state parliament.

They come to 5.5 to 6.1 percent.

Her party was "ready to talk to all democratic parties," Shepley said.

FDP top candidate

René Domke

emphasized his party's readiness for coalition talks.

The FDP is "ready," he said on election evening.

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