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The Willy-Brandt-Haus in Berlin, which houses the headquarters of the Social Democratic Party of Germany. File photoBERLIN, May 15Christian Democratic Union wins elections to the regional parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia, the Social Democratic Party of Germany, which leads the ruling coalition in the country, receives the worst result in this region, the TV channel reports ARD, citing the forecast of the research company infratest dimap. According to the forecast, the CDU improves the result compared to the last elections in 2017 by two percentage points and gains 35%, the SPD loses 3.7 percentage points and ranks second with 27.5%. In third place is Soyuz90/The Greens with 18.5%. They immediately receive 12.1 points more than in 2017. The Free Democratic Party, which is also the ruling party at the federal level, loses 7.6 percentage points and gains 5%, which is the threshold for entering the Landtag. «Alternative for Germany» gets 6%, losing 1.4 percentage points compared to 2017. To form a ruling coalition, you need to have at least 100 out of 199 deputies in the Landtag. The CDU is currently the ruling party along with the FDP. If the forecasts are correct, then the coalition can be created, as the winning party, by the CDU with the Greens or with the SPD. In addition, if the CDU fails to form a coalition, the SPD can form its own with the Greens and the FDP — similar to the coalition of the German government. decided to resign after he left the meeting with Scholz