Head of Merkel's sister party says that Olaf Scholz has the best chance to becoming German chancellor

Record ID: 1639291

  • Title: Head of Merkel's sister party says that Olaf Scholz has the best chance to becoming German chancellor
  • Date: 28th September 2021
  • Summary: BERLIN, GERMANY (SEPTEMBER 28, 2021) (REUTERS HEAD OF MERKEL'S SISTER PARTY CSU AND STATE PRIME MINISTER OF BAVARIA, MARKUS SOEDER, ARRIVING FOR NEWS CONFERENCE (SOUNDBITE) (German) HEAD OF MERKEL'S SISTER PARTY CSU AND STATE PRIME MINISTER OF BAVARIA, MARKUS SOEDER, SAYING: "I can only say one thing: At the moment Olaf Scholz has the best chances of becoming chancellor." SOEDER SPEAKING AT NEWS CONFERENCE (SOUNDBITE) (German) HEAD OF MERKEL'S SISTER PARTY CSU AND STATE PRIME MINISTER OF BAVARIA, MARKUS SOEDER, SAYING: "It is important to respect an election outcome. And as far as I am concerned it is only proper to congratulate Olaf Scholz for getting the majority of votes in Germany because it hasn't happened very often so far. I explicitly would like to do that as the head of my party." SOEDER LEAVING
  • Embargoed: 12th October 2021 14:47
  • Keywords: SPD Scholz Soeder election
  • Location: BERLIN, GERMANY
  • City: BERLIN, GERMANY
  • Country: Germany
  • Topics: Europe,Government/Politics,Elections/Voting
  • Reuters ID: LVA001EWMUERR
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  • Story Text: Bavaria's state premier and CSU leader Markus Soeder on Tuesday (September 28) offered his congratulations to election rival Olaf Scholz.
    "It is important to respect an election outcome. And as far as I am concerned it is only proper to congratulate Olaf Scholz for getting the majority of votes in Germany because it hasn't happened very often so far. I explicitly would like to do that as the head of my party."
    Scholz, finance minister in the outgoing government and chancellor candidate for the left-wing SPD, won Sunday's election.
    The SPD, Germany's oldest party, won 25.7% of the vote, up five percentage points from the 2017 federal election, ahead of Merkel's CDU/CSU conservative bloc on 24.1%, provisional results showed. The Greens came in with 14.8% and the business friendly FDP won 11.5%.
    (production: Ute Swart)
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