, projected results showed, and claimed a"clear mandate" to lead a government for the first time since 2005 and to end 16 years of conservative-led rule under Angela Merkel.
Agreeing a new coalition could take months, and will likely involve the smaller Greens and liberal Free Democrats . The SPD's rise heralds a swing left for Germany and marks a remarkable comeback for the party, which has recovered some 10 points in support in just three months to improve on its 20.5 per cent result in the 2017 national election.
"It hasn't always been the first-placed party that provided the chancellor," Laschet, 60, told the round table."I want a government where every partner is involved, where everyone is visible - not one where only the chancellor gets to shine," he said in an early attempt to woo smaller parties. She has stood large on the European stage almost since taking office in 2005 - when George W. Bush was U.S. president, Jacques Chirac in the Elysee Palace in Paris and Tony Blair British prime minister.
On hearing that the SPD were slightly ahead in polls, US President Joe Biden told reporters in Washington:"I'll be darned ... They're solid."
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