04:00Mandatory credit: CDU
CDU leader Armin Laschet took partial responsibility for his party's disappointing election results, in comments made during a briefing in Berlin on Monday.
"The losses in east Germany were particularly drastic. The reasons for these election results are varied," he said.
"And of course I know that I have my personal share in these election results."
According to official provisional results, the SPD came first with 25.7 percent and 206 seats, while the CDU, along with its Bavarian sister party, came second with 24.1 percent and 196 seats. The Greens and the Free Democratic Party (FDP), both of which will likely be key to forming any new government, came in third with 14.8 percent, and 118 seats, and fourth with 11.5 percent, and 92 seats, respectively.
Germany: 'Of course I have my personal share' Laschet on disappointing election results
CDU leader Armin Laschet took partial responsibility for his party's disappointing election results, in comments made during a briefing in Berlin on Monday.
"The losses in east Germany were particularly drastic. The reasons for these election results are varied," he said.
"And of course I know that I have my personal share in these election results."
According to official provisional results, the SPD came first with 25.7 percent and 206 seats, while the CDU, along with its Bavarian sister party, came second with 24.1 percent and 196 seats. The Greens and the Free Democratic Party (FDP), both of which will likely be key to forming any new government, came in third with 14.8 percent, and 118 seats, and fourth with 11.5 percent, and 92 seats, respectively.
Mandatory credit: CDU
CDU leader Armin Laschet took partial responsibility for his party's disappointing election results, in comments made during a briefing in Berlin on Monday.
"The losses in east Germany were particularly drastic. The reasons for these election results are varied," he said.
"And of course I know that I have my personal share in these election results."
According to official provisional results, the SPD came first with 25.7 percent and 206 seats, while the CDU, along with its Bavarian sister party, came second with 24.1 percent and 196 seats. The Greens and the Free Democratic Party (FDP), both of which will likely be key to forming any new government, came in third with 14.8 percent, and 118 seats, and fourth with 11.5 percent, and 92 seats, respectively.