Germany: Elections Over, Uncertainty Remains

... individual candidates: CDU/CSU (the coalition between the Christian Democratic Union of Germany and the Christian Social Union in Bavaria) — 33 per cent (246 seats); the Social Democratic Party of Germany — 20.5 per cent (153); Alternative for Germany (AfD) — 12.6 per cent (94); the Left Party — 9.2 per cent; the Free Democratic Party — 10.7 per cent (80); Alliance 90/The Greens — 8.9 per cent (67); and other parties — 5.1 per cent [1] . For the first time in the history of unified Germany,...