"The victory of the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) in yesterday's election" is a message from the voters against the Social Democrats (SPD) -Left (Die Linke) and at the federal level, "said Prime Minister Saarland Anegre at the German News Agency (dpa).
"The SPD's plans to cooperate with the Left Party have not been unreservedly supported by the people," said the CDU leader in the state of Saarland. "The results of yesterday's election show that the SPD can be tackled under the new president Schultz," he added, according to the Athens News Agency.
Social Democrat leader Anke Rellinker said that although her party "managed to cover the gap (which separated it from the CDU) thanks to Martin Schultz, in the final straight Mrs. Krab-Karenbauer got the bonus of her office" .
Finally, the leader of the ballot of the German Left Party (Die Linke) Okar Lafontaine stated that he "still believes in a majority on the left of the Christian Democratic Union at the federal level".
The provisional official final results of the elections in Saarland are as follows: CDU 40,7%, SPD 29,6%, Left 12,9%, Alternative for Germany 6,2%. Greens (4%) and Liberals (3,3%) stay out of the local Parliament because they did not receive the required 5%. Turnout reached 69,7%.
According to the final results, the only possibility is for the Christian Democrat-Social Democrat coalition to continue to rule.
"I am pleased with the double-digit percentage of the Left (Die Linke) in Saarland. Even better would of course be a (left) majority (which is enough) for a red-red (social democrat-left) government. Unfortunately, the Social Democratic Party (SPD) failed to confirm the forecasts. "Martin Schultz has raised a lot of hopes that the SPD will say goodbye to its policy of social demolition," Sarah Wagenknecht, the parliamentary representative of the German Left Party (Die Linke), said in an interview with Die Welt.
Gradually, however, citizens realized that this hope was premature, he said, adding: "Anyone who appears with the intention of making this country fairer must say specifically what he wants to do about social disunity, against flexible working conditions. low pensions and poverty. Martin Schultz does not answer these questions. "If this continues, the SPD's results in this year's elections will disappoint more often."
Source: newsbeast.gr