Road free for German coalition CDU/CSU and SPD, chairman FDP steps up after defeat

German politics makes a jerk to the right. The combination CDU/CSU wins the Sunday elections, and gets 28.6 percent of the votes. All eyes were aimed at the extreme right -wing AfD, which turns out to be 20.8 percent of the votes. Party SPD of current Chancellor Olaf Scholz shrinks considerably and has to do with 16 percent. After the FDP election defeat, chairman and former Minister of Finance Christian Lindner withdrew from active politics. Follow all developments in our live blog.

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