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The left-wing coalition government of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has attempted to shut down calls to follow the example of French President Emmanuel Macron and call for a snap election after a humiliating defeat in European Parliament elections.
All three parties within the “traffic light” coalition government — named for the colours of the respective parties — made up of the Social Democrat Party , the Greens, and the Free Democrat Party saw their vote share decline over the last EU election in 2019, with Scholz’ SPDto 13.9 per cent of the vote — a historic low for the left-wing party in a national election, while the Greens saw their support drop by 8.6 per cent to just 11.9 on Sunday, and the FDP falling to 5.2 per cent.
The election was also a victory for the populist Alternative for Germany party, which beat out the governing SPD to become the second-largest German party in the EU Parliament, picking up 15.9 per cent of the vote, which will equate to around 15 seats, compared to 14 for Scholz’ party. The result for the AfD was the best ever for the party in an EU election since its formation in 2013.
Fresh off a stonking victory in France, Le Pen will likely seek to forge a grand populist-conservative coalition between her ID group and the European Conservatives and Reformists led by Meloni. Should the two groups merge, and include other populist parties such as Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz and the AfD, they would become the second-largest bloc within the European Parliament.
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