CDU/CSU Candidate Laschet Reportedly Ready to Admit Defeat in Bundestag Elections

BERLIN (Sputnik) - Armin Laschet, the conservative CDU/CSU alliance's candidate for the German chancellorship, is ready to concede defeat in the Bundestag elections, Bild reported on Monday, citing sources.
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Earlier, Laschet announced his intention to discuss the formation of a new government, although he admitted that the conservative bloc had shown an unsatisfactory result in the elections.
According to Bild, Laschet denies media reports stating that he intends to form a government, pointing to the results of the vote.
The conservative CDU/CSU bloc has suffered a historic loss on Sunday, gaining only 24.1% of the vote in the national election. The Social Democrats have secured 25.7% of the votes, according to the election commission. The leader of the Social Democratic Party, Olaf Scholz, announced that he had got a mandate to form a new German government with the Greens and Free Democratic Party (FDP).
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