Germany is ready to hold important federal elections on Sunday (23 February) to choose its next Chancellor. The Snap Pole was called by Chancellor Olaf Scollaz when his coalition government separated at the end of the previous year, the results of Europe’s most influential nation and the European Union’s future.
The race for the top leader is an assignment Chancellor, seeking a second term, opposition leader, current Vice Chancellor and a popular leader of a distant distance party. Elections outside the country are gaining an unusual level of interest from the audience, including the world’s richest man Elon Musk, who caused an outrage by throwing his weight behind the alternative alternative Alice Videl in Germany.
A look at the top contenders
Olaf scollas: The 66-year-old Center-Leam Social Democrat has been a Chancellor of Germany since December 2021. Demanding a second term, the Sholaz has a treasure of government experience, who has previously served as the Mayor of Hamburg and as the German Labor and Finance Minister.
As Chancellor, Sholaz attempted to modernize the German army after Russia’s attack on Ukraine and created the second largest arms supplier in Germany Ukraine. His government stopped the lack of energy and tried to combat high inflation. But his three-sided alliance became notorious for infiltration and collapse in November because it argued how to revive the economy-the biggest of the Europe, which has shrunk for the last two years.
Frederick Merz: The 69-year-old opposition leader of Germany has emerged as Front-Runner in the election campaign, with the main elections of the Sangh. Merz became the leader of his Christian Democratic Union Party after a long -time Chancellor Angela Merkel – a former rival – a former rival. Left the post in 2021. Since then, he has taken the party in a more conservative direction.
During the election campaign, Merz has made irregular stay a central issue. However, he lacks experience in the government. He joined the European Parliament in 1989 before becoming an MP in Germany five years later. He took a break from active politics for many years after 2009, practiced as a lawyer and led the German branch of the Supervisory Board of Investment Manager Blackrock.
Robert Habec: 55 -year -old Habek is a candidate for environmentalist Sag. He is also with the responsibility of the current Vice Chancellor of Germany and the Minister of Economy and Climate, energy issues. As a co-leader of Greens from 2018 to 2022, he presided over the party’s popularity, but in 2021 he made an Analena Berbock-Ab for scoring the first run of the party for the job of the Foreign Minister of Germany, the Foreign Minister of Germany Step on the side.
Habec’s record as a minister has drawn mixed reviews, especially a plan. His ministry attracted the fossil-fuel heating system to replace with greenery options, deepening the separation in the government.
Alice Vedel: The 46-year-old Videl is making the first bid of the anti-immigration option for Germany or AFD for the top job of the country. An economist from training, Vedel joined the party shortly after being established in 2013. She has been a co-leader of her party’s parliamentary group as the party first won seats in the National Legislature in 2017.
Weidled 2022 has been the co-leader of Tino Chrupalla as well as party. In December, he was nominated as a candidate for Chancellor – although other parties say they would not work with AFD, so they currently have no realistic way for top jobs.
When will the results come?
It is expected to take several days after February 23 to confirm the final results of the election. However, depending on the exhaust elections, by Sunday evening there is a possibility of quite reliable results, but there may still be some uncertainty because the counting of votes by post (a trend that is on growth) takes time. The performance of small parties will also be the result of time as a coalition government in Germany is a perfect for choosing a government.
Even after the complete results are out, it is most likely to build a new government, take some time as the interaction between the parties on the alliance will begin only after the results. It may take several months for the coalition to keep the government together. It depends on the numbers on sports and political arithmetic – essentially various combinations of parties agree or disagree to various policy positions.
Why does German form coalition governments?
The proportional polling system in Germany and increased political fracturing makes it extremely difficult for any one side to form a government alone and require to form an alliance, including parties that are included in the bandstags together Over 50 percent seats – National Parliament.
It is also partially political culture in Germany to prefer stable prominence as minority governments are considered very weak and unstable.
By the early 1980s, there were usually three parties (orthodox, social democrats and liberals) in Parliament. However, currently, there are seven parties in Bundestag in the country.
