The winner of the Bundestag (German Parliament) elections, Friedrich Merz (Christian Democratic Union of Germany bloc), has announced that he intends to form a coalition with the Social Democratic Party of the country's outgoing chancellor. teleSUR
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00:00In Germany, the CDU-CSU alliance won 208 seats in parliament with 28.6% of the vote in Sunday's
00:07early election.
00:08The far-right Alternative for Germany party came in second and secured 152 seats with
00:1420.8% of the vote, doubling what it pulled in the last election.
00:19The leader of the Christian Democratic Union reiterated his stance on not cooperating with
00:23the far-right AFD party.
00:26Friedrich Merz also pledged to achieve independence from the United States.
00:30Electoral authorities registered a high turnout at 82.5%, the highest since German reunification
00:36in 1990.
00:37The CDU leader Merz is set to start talks to form a new coalition.