Conservatives win German election
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🗓️ 24 February 2025
⏱️ 8 minutes
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From the BBC World Service: The Christian Democrats came in first in German elections, with more than 28% of the vote. But they’ll need at least one coalition partner to form a government, and some tough negotiations over the economy lie ahead. Plus, Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his resignation last month. For voters and contenders for the prime ministership, economic concerns are front and center.
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| 0:54.4 | everything secure. Does the US no longer care about Europe? Germany's soon to be leaders think so. |
| 1:02.5 | Live from the BBC World Service, this is the Marketplace Morning Report. I'm Stephen Ryan, |
| 1:06.5 | this Missius Cifonoran in Phillyana Byrne. Hello there. It's the morning after voters went to the polls |
| 1:11.7 | across Germany and turnout in Europe's largest economy was the highest since East and West |
| 1:16.7 | Germany's reunification in 1990. The Christian Democrats came first with more than 28% of votes, |
| 1:22.8 | though they'll need at least one coalition partner to form a government. Its leader Friedrich Mertz, the man set to |
| 1:28.6 | become the country's new chancellor, has already expressed concern about relations between the US and |
| 1:33.8 | Europe. The BBC's Cathy Adler is in Berlin. Germany's Chancellor in Waiting didn't wait for the |
| 1:40.1 | final results of his country's election to herald a new era in Europe. |
| 1:45.2 | Declaring the United States indifferent to this continent's fate, Friedrich Mertz questioned |
| 1:50.3 | whether NATO could remain in its current state and demanded Europe boost its own defences quickly. |
| 1:56.6 | This tone from a close US ally, Germany, and from Friedrich Mertz, a known Atlantisist, |
| 2:02.2 | would have been unimaginable a few months ago. |
| 2:05.3 | It shows how truly shaken big European powers are by the Trump administration, |
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