<p>Berlin: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/germany">German</a> Chancellor Olaf Scholz acknowledged defeat on Sunday and congratulated his conservative challenger Friedrich Merz.</p><p>"This is a bitter election result for the Social Democratic Party, it is also an electoral defeat," Scholz said in a first reaction.</p><p>"Congratulations on the election result," he said in remarks directed towards Merz.</p>
<p>Berlin: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/germany">German</a> Chancellor Olaf Scholz acknowledged defeat on Sunday and congratulated his conservative challenger Friedrich Merz.</p><p>"This is a bitter election result for the Social Democratic Party, it is also an electoral defeat," Scholz said in a first reaction.</p><p>"Congratulations on the election result," he said in remarks directed towards Merz.</p>