Olaf Scholz's party suffers defeat to conservatives in the German capital.
Berlin was a stronghold of the Social Democratic Party 20 years ago.
247 - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democratic Party suffered a defeat on Sunday (12) in a highly symbolic local election in Berlin, its stronghold for more than 20 years. The ruling party was defeated by the conservative opposition.
Analysts attribute the causes of the defeat to local factors, but it occurs at a time when Scholz is facing criticism, particularly related to the war in Ukraine.
The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) of former Chancellor Angela Merkel came in first place in the election for the local parliament of the German capital with about 28% of the vote (+10 points), against about 18% for the Social Democrats (SPD) and also 18% for the Greens, according to the first estimates from the television channels ARD and ZDF.
Olaf Scholz's party may find it difficult, under these conditions, to retain the position of mayor of Berlin, which he has held for more than 20 years, reports the... UOL.
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