Chancellor’s election: Rehlinger: Saarland additionally wants the success of the federal authorities | EUROtoday

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According to the Saarland Prime Minister, the brand new black and pink federal authorities Appeal rehlinger (SPD) act rapidly. “Highest priority must have economic growth and social justice,” she stated after the election of CDU boss Friedrich Merz as Chancellor. “It is also a matter of regaining trust in the ability of the state and politics and keeping the country together.”

She congratulated Merz and wished him success. “In view of the historical situation in which there is Germany, I have no understanding of the failure of the first ballot,” she stated with a view to the initially failed election within the Bundestag within the morning. Rehlinger stated that she was “grateful that the damage to our country could be limited with a quick, successful second ballot”.

The new authorities coalition have to be a “partnership out of responsibility in difficult times”. With a view to the federal cooperation, the Prime Minister emphasised: “Only when the federal and state governments pull together is Germany progressing.” Saarland additionally wants the success of the Federal authorities in financial coverage and plenty of different fields.

The head of the CDU Saar, Stephan Toscani, additionally congratulated Merz and stated that the day of the chancellor election was a special occasion: «Also for us in Saarland. Because Friedrich Merz spent a part of his life right here in Saarland, was a member of the CDU in Saarbrücken and married right here too, »stated Toscani. Merz has a really feel for Saarland.

Merz has already failed for AfD

The AfD in Saarland already sees Merz as a chancellor earlier than being elected. “It was shown in the first ballot that the smallest grand coalition of all time does not come to a common denominator,” stated AfD state chairman and member of the Bundestag Carsten Becker. “If the choice of the Chancellor becomes a problem, how should a real migration turn work with these shaky majorities?”

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