Will Giffey really try again? The mayor of Berlin actually lost the election – but she wants to remain in office. Image: dpa / Sebastian Christoph Gollnow
It is a shock for the Berlin SPD: On Sunday, Berliners voted and, for the first time in more than 20 years, elected the CDU to head the state parliament, the House of Representatives. And with a resounding success.
According to the preliminary final result, the CDU increased by 10.2 percentage points (28.2). While the SPD and its top candidate, the previously governing mayor Franziska Giffey, slipped 3.1 percentage points (18.4) and shared second place with the Greens.
Watson has summarized for you the most important lessons from this state election.
The SPD clearly lost, but the possibility of forming a government with the still governing mayor, Franziska Giffey, cannot be ruled out. Because in a democracy, what matters is not necessarily which party got the most votes in the election, but who can ensure a majority.
…(Read on https://www.watson.de)
