The CDU/CSU's candidate for Chancellor announced that the party won the federal parliamentary elections.

On February 24, Jinshi Data News reported that on the evening of February 23 local time, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, leader of the Christian Democratic Union and candidate for Chancellor of the Union Party, announced at a campaign celebration event in Berlin: “We have won the 2025 German federal parliamentary elections!” He called for the formation of a new government as soon as possible, stating that “the world will not wait for Germany, we must quickly have the ability to govern.” Kramp-Karrenbauer promised to ensure that Germany returns to a stable and efficient governance track, emphasizing that he himself will spare no effort for this. On the same day, Germany’s current Chancellor and Social Democratic candidate Olaf Scholz admitted defeat in the election, saying “This is a painful election result, it is also an election failure.”