Germany's Scholz acknowledges defeat, congratulates challenger Merz'This is a bitter election result for the Social Democratic Party, it is also an electoral defeat,' Scholz said in a first reaction.
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) reacts after the exit poll results are announced for the 2025 general election in Berlin, Germany, February 23, 2025.
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Berlin: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz acknowledged defeat on Sunday and congratulated his conservative challenger Friedrich Merz.
"This is a bitter election result for the Social Democratic Party, it is also an electoral defeat," Scholz said in a first reaction.
"Congratulations on the election result," he said in remarks directed towards Merz.