After the federal election in 2021, it remains to be seen who will rule Germany for the next four years.
This is how the international press assesses the results.
Berlin - The voters have decided.
The SPD will be the strongest force in the federal election in 2021 and relegates the Union to second place.
It remains to be seen whether the SPD will ultimately lead a new government coalition and whether Olaf Scholz will succeed Angela Merkel as Chancellor.
In the end, the Greens and the FDP in particular could tip the scales and decide whether Germany will be governed by a traffic light coalition or a Jamaica coalition for the next four years.
The federal election in 2021 and the associated end of the Merkel era also caused a stir abroad.
We have compiled the most important press reviews on the federal election for you.
Press comments on the 2021 federal election: "Laschet's basis for negotiations is weak"
Der Standard (Austria):
“Europe needs a strong Federal Chancellor. In theory, the next German Chancellor is as weak as no other before him, since his power now depends on two partners. In practice, therefore, it depends on his skill to secure a strong position. Especially now, when the USA are rethinking old alliances and the EU is realizing that the Americans are no longer stepping into the breach for Europe's interests, Europe needs a strong German Chancellor. "
NZZ (Switzerland)
: “Laschet's basis for negotiations is weak.
Who knows, maybe in the end Olaf Scholz will come to meet the FDP so far
that the total compromises are more convincing than what Armin Laschet could negotiate with the Greens.
Because one thing is certain: Annalena Baerbock's dream of becoming the Chancellor may have imploded, but according to previous projections, the result of her party is stronger than ever.
Your party base will have corresponding expectations of you and Robert Habeck to negotiate a coalition agreement that is greener than any before.
And if anyone is in a weak negotiating position, it is Armin Laschet, who is likely to have the worst election result of his party
Federal election 2021: international press reviews - "Lindner plays the referee"
El Mundo (Spain):
“Greens and Liberals decide. The first government of the era after Angela Merkel will be determined by the parties that took third and fourth place in yesterday's parliamentary elections in Germany. Nobody can claim the right to form a government, but it will be the Greens and the Liberals of the FDP who will decide who will move into the Chancellery: either the SPD with its narrow victory or the conservative bloc of the Christian Democratic Union. The times of the grand coalition are over, now the tango is danced with three people. "
Le Figaro (France):
“Extension of 16 years of Merkelism. The difficult search for compromises between ideologically distant positions promises Germany a moderate coalition in the extension of 16 years of "Merkelism" - a method to smooth things over and to protect the economic interests of the country as far as possible from shocks in the world. "
DNA (France):
“Lindner plays the referee.
Ultimately, the Greens are the big winners, who, despite their
mixed results, represent the third force in the country, but above all Christian Lindner's FDP.
He will play the referee and has not yet digested the way he was treated by the CSU and the Greens four years ago when they tried to form a majority.
Even if the negotiations have not yet started, they are already being announced as unsolvable.
And promise Angela Merkel, who has to guarantee the transition, to stay at the head of the country for a few more months. "
Press votes on the 2021 federal election: "Next Chancellor will be weaker"
De Telegraaf (Netherlands):
“The next Chancellor will be weaker. The next head of government in Berlin will be a weaker chancellor. This is bad news for the European Union, where Germany has to lead in a troubled world in terms of population and economic strength. The new German Chancellor is more likely to be a “primus inter pares” - the first among equals, as is the case with the Prime Minister in the Netherlands. On the other hand, there is someone like Emmanuel Macron, who as French President has far-reaching power. "
De Standaard (Belgium):
“The Chancellor has to be better than Merkel. The next Federal Chancellor must (...) be even better than Angela Merkel - for the simple reason that there will be a lot of urgent and neglected tasks on his desk on his first day at work. A less beautiful side of Merkel becomes visible: Although "Mutti" solved many problems with her great qualities, she silently passed questions that seemed too tricky to her successor and future generations. "
Corriere della Sera (Italy):
“Millstone Laschet.
More than an election, it was a revolution.
Germany voted and left the Merkel era
behind
with the most extraordinary and problematic election result in its democratic history
.
(...) Laschet hung like a millstone around the neck of the CDU / CSU, which crashes on the worst result in its history.
That was not only his fault, he was also the victim of self-fire, but his mistakes and blunders in the election campaign will be remembered in the party of Adenauer and Kohl, which ruled Germany for 50 of 70 years. "
Federal election 2021: International press reviews - "Political wrestling is not over"
Rossiyskaya (Russia):
“Political wrestling is not over. Two candidates for Chancellor at once - Olaf Scholz from the SPD and Armin Laschet from the CDU - triumphantly appeared before their supporters and expressed their willingness to lead the future government. So far there is little doubt about one point: Germany will get a three-party coalition at the federal level. In fact, the most important political struggle is yet to come. (...) And many experts believe that it is really early to write off Laschet. At the same time, the Social Democratic candidate confidently declared: "The citizens want the new Chancellor to be called Olaf Scholz."
After the federal election in 2021, the parties will discuss their strategy in the upcoming exploratory talks.
Several press conferences have been announced for Monday afternoon in order to come closer to an answer to the question of a possible coalition.
(fd)
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