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Berlin, Sep 27 (EFE/EPA).- (Camera: Focke Strangmann) Germany’s center-left Social Democratic Party has secured a narrow victory over outgoing chancellor Angela Merkel's party in federal elections held on Sunday.In its best result in years, the SDP, helmed by deputy foreign minister Olaf Scholz, won 25.7% of the votes, while Merkel’s conservative bloc led by Armin Laschet came second with 24.1%, Germany’s federal electoral commission said Monday.FOOTAGE OF THE SPD PRESS CONFERENCE.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky hold a joint press conference at the Mariinsky Palace in Kyiv. IMAGES
Monrovia, Oct 10 (EPA).- Liberia's opposition leader of the Alternative National Congress (ANC), Alexander B. Cummings, held a press conference Sunday at his party's headquarters after the collaborating Political Parties (CPP) accused him of altering the framework document under his chairmanship. Four major opposition political parties, including the former ruling Unity party (UP), All Liberian party (ALP), Alternative National Congress (ANC) and Liberty Party (LP), entered into a collaboration framework that leads to the selection process of a single presidential candidate, in order to challenge the incumbent president of Liberia, George Weah, ahead of the 2023 presidential and general elections. (Camera: AHMED JALLANZO). SHOT LIST: ALEXANDER B. CUMMINGS, LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION ALTERNATIVE NATIONAL CONGRESS PARTY (ANC), ADDRESSES TO MEDIA DURING A PRESS CONFERENCE AT THE PARTY'S HEADQUARTERS IN MONROVIA, LIBERIA.SOUND BITES: ALEXANDER B. CUMMINGS, LEADER OF LIBERIA'S OPPOSITION (IN ENGLISH).
Munich (Germany), Sep 27 (EFE/EPA).- (Camera: Lukas Barth) The tight results of Sunday's German elections leave a panorama in which the new government will probably be a tripartite that both the Social Democratic candidate, Olaf Scholz, and his conservative rival, Armin Laschet, aspire to preside. FOOTGE OF THE PRESS CONFERENCE OF THE CHRISTIAN SOCIAL UNION (CSU) IN MUNICH, AFTER SUNDAY'S ELECTIONS, WITH INCLUDES IMAGES OF MARKUS SÖDER, THE PRESIDENT OF THE CHRISTIAN SOCIAL UNION (CSU) OF BAVARIA.
Berlin, Sep 26 (EFE/EPA).- Germany's Social Democratic Party headed by Deputy Foreign Minister Olaf Scholz received the most votes - 26 percent - on Sunday in the general election, while the conservative bloc headed by Armin Laschet obtained 24 percent, according to the first exit polling from the ZDF public television network.Another exit poll, by ARD public television, put both Scholz and Laschet at 25 percent.As of 7:14 pm German time, further election tallies showed that the SPD had obtained 24.9 percent of the vote and the conservative bloc formed by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian counterpart, the Christian Social Union (CSU), had obtained 24.7 percent.Significantly, this appears to be the worst result obtained by the CDU-CSU bloc in its history. (Camera: FOCKE STRANGMANN). SHOT LIST: GERMAN FINANCE MINISTER AND SPD CANDIDATE FOR CHANCELLOR OLAF SCHOLZ TALKS TO JOURNALISTS DURING THE SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY (SPD) ELECTION EVENT IN BERLIN, GERMANY.