Friedrich Merz, candidate for chancellor of the Conservative block who has won the legislative elections this Sunday in Germany, today reiterated its TAJAnte Rejection of any type of cooperation with the alternative ultra -rightist for Germany (AFD)which has remained as a second force and offered to be part of the future government, according to the forecasts of public chains.
“We have divergent visions in foreign policy, security, with respect to NATO. They can hold our hands everything they want, but We will not fall into a wrong policy“Merz said in a public television round with all candidates.
“I am not going to question the 75 -year legacy of Democristian Union only for a self -styled alternative for Germany. You They want the opposite of what we want“, he riveted, after the ultra -right -wing candidate, Alice Weidel, repeated her offer to form a coalition.
A “black coalition”
“It is clear that citizens want a political change And they want a black coalition, “said Weidel, in allusion to the colors of both parties, who attacked Merz for his intention to form a coalition with the social democrats of the outgoing chancellor, Olaf Scholz and, possibly, also with the green ones if they do not arrive The seats.
“The Democristian Union and the Social Christian Union must explain to their voters How they intend to fulfill their promises If they form a government with the left, “he said and pointed out that, on the contrary, a pact with the extreme right, it would not have to perform practically concessions because the program of conservatives is” copied “of theirs.
Merz, whose party according to the projections has been below what the polls anticipated, acknowledged that at the moment It is not possible to predict what the composition of the new government will be.
“I will form a government that represents the entire population and I will strive to form a government that solves the problems of this country. How this government can be formed. It is not a secret that we would like a partner and not two, but citizens have decided and we have to accept it, “he said.
Election result
According to public television projections, the Conservative block will be with 28.4 and 28.6% of the voteswhile the ultra -right will achieve 20.4%and the social democrats of Scholz between 16.3 and 16.4%, with the green in fourth place between 12.2 and 12.3%.
With these results, Conservatives and Social Democrats would not add the 316 deputies necessary to have a majority in the Bundestag or Lower House.
