Goa, Feb. 24 -- On Sunday, German voters opted for a shift in leadership, awarding the highest number of votes in a parliamentary election to centrist conservatives, while the far-right party secured second place. This outcome reflects a clear disapproval of the current left-leaning government's management of economic and immigration issues. The results strongly suggest that Friedrich Merz, the leader of the Christian Democrats, will likely become the next chancellor. Early returns released on Monday morning indicated that he could form a government with just one coalition partner, a scenario that his party had anticipated as relatively stable.

Merz addressed his supporters in Berlin on Sunday evening, declaring, "We have achieved victor...