
Germany, Lower Saxony, town square. File photoBERLIN, Oct. 9 The Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) won the most votes in the interim results of the elections to the Landtag in the federal state of Lower Saxony, according to preliminary data presented by the German channel ZDF. As of 18:00 (19:00 Moscow time), the SPD won 32.5 percent of the vote, thus losing 4.4 percentage points compared to the 2017 election.
Several members of the SPD called for peace talks between Russia and UkraineThe CDU came in second with 27.5 percent of the vote, down 6.1 percentage points from the vote five years ago. The Greens, according to preliminary figures , improved the result by 5.8 percentage points, they were supported by 14.5 percent of voters. Alternative for Germany, in turn, doubled its figure, gaining 12 percent of the vote. Only five percent of voters voted for the FDP, 2.5 percentage points lower than their last result. The left garnered only 3 percent of the vote, down 1.6 percentage points. The party again failed to overcome the five percent barrier, which means it will not be represented in the Lower Saxony Landtag again. According to the Forschungsgruppe Wahlen, 61 percent of voters took part in the vote. .jpg» />Germany is waiting for a politician who will put Zelensky in his place

