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SUMMARY:Friedrich Merz wins German federal election 2025
DESCRIPTION:Friedrich Merz wins German federal election 2025				\n		With v
 ote counting finished\, preliminary results show the conservative Christi
 an Democratic Union (CDU) led by chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz and 
 its sister Christian Social Union (CSU) won the election.\nGermany is fac
 ing a change of power. The Union parties clearly won the federal election
  on Sunday. According to projections by Infratest Dimap for ARD\, the CDU
  and CSU received 28.5 percent of the vote. The AfD came in second with 2
 0.6 percent. The Chancellor's party\, the SPD\, suffered heavy losses and
  achieved the worst result in its history with 16.4 percent. The Greens r
 eceived 11.9 percent of the vote\, the Left 8.6 percent. According to the
  figures\, the FDP and BSW will not enter the Bundestag.\nWhile the CDU/C
 SU have won the largest share of votes\, they don't an absolute majority.
  The party is set to gain 208 seats in the Bundestag. They will need to e
 nter a coalition with another party to secure 316 seats in the Bundestag\
 , the minimum for a majority\, and form the next government. The CDU has 
 ruled out a coalition with the AfD. That leaves a two-way grand coalition
  with the SPD or three-way coalition including the Greens as the most lik
 ely options\, depending on the final seat distribution. The coalition cal
 culator shows possible coalition outcomes.
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