RLIN cheap jordans authentic , Sept. 24 (Xinhua) -- The conservative union led byGerman sitting Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday defended itscommanding role in the Bundestag (German parliament) with 32.5percent of the vote, falling short of expectations with a9-percentage-point gap compared with the election four yearsago.
The union's main rival, Germany's center-left Social DemocraticParty (SPD) led by former European Parliament president MartinSchulz, also suffered a big setback in Sunday's election.
Meanwhile, the far-right party Alternative fuer Deutschland(AfD) unexpectedly made a historical breakthrough with 13.5 percentof votes, and became the third strongest party in theBundestag.
LOWER BUT MERKEL BELIEVED CDU REACHED ITS GOAL
The lower than expected margin will still offer a decent chancefor Merkel to claim her fourth term as Chancellor.
Senior official of the CDU Volker Kauder told reporters afterthe election that the CDU had reached its expectation in theelection cheap jordans youth , and Merkel will remain in office as chancellor and willbe granted the mandatory to form the new cabinet.
In a televised speech after the election, Merkel told hersupporters that ""we have clear government mandate, and nogovernment can be formed without us"", admitting that her bloc hadreached strategic goal in election though she had hoped for betterresults.
She also promised to win back voters of AfD with good policies,vowing to fight against illegal immigrants while protectinginterests of legal citizens.
Despite Merkel's bitter victory, Andreas Quebbemann cheap jordans mens , member ofthe state parliament in Niedersachsen, said he was Verydisappointed with the result.
""We lost so many voters because they dissatisfied with CDU'spolicy, such as the refugee policy. But they switched to AfD notbecause they believed AfD can provide solutions, but an expressionof their dissatisfaction to us,"" Quebbemann told Xinhua.
""As to the coalition cabinet, there is only one option left forCDU -- joint FDP and the Green Party. But we have many differenceswith the Green Party. The coalition is bound to be a difficult one cheap jordans womens ,but I believe the final compromise will be reached. Because this ispolitics,"" Quebbemann added.
Calling it a historical day because of AfD's breakthrough, DavidMcallister, a CDU senior member and Chairman of the EuropeanParliament Foreign Affairs Committee, told Xinhua that theconservative union has no choice but form a ""Jamaica coalition""(so-called because the parties' colors match those of the Jamaicanflag) with the Greens and liberal FDP.
""Though we have common ground, the three-party coalitiongovernment will meet plenty of challenges cheap jordans shoes , because we havedifferences in the economic, diplomatic and many other aspects,""said Mcallister.