German CDU boosted by final win
Germany’s Christian Democrats (CDU) have won the last seat in the country’s inconclusive general election.The result in the eastern city of Dresden means the CDU increases its narrow lead over the Social Democrats (SPD) by one seat.
Both CDU leader Angela Merkel and current Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder hoped for a win to boost their chances of leading a governing coalition.
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The CDU and its CSU sister party now have 226 seats in the new parliament, while the SPD has 222.
The BBC’s Ray Furlong in Berlin says the result will have little impact on the coalition talks beyond giving the conservatives a slight psychological boost.
Indeed.
And now the coalition-building fun really begins.
German elections now final
Steven Taylor notes that the disposition of the last seat in Germany’s parliamentary elections has now been resolved, giving the Christian Democrats a 226–222 edge over the Social Democrats in the new Bundestag; as a result, it appears that Gerhard…
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