Franz Josef Strauss in TV interview following election
Dec. 26 Election in the Federal Republic of Germany: After a long and hard election campaign, on October 3rd there took place the election for the German Bundestag. The result: SPD got 42.6%, CDU/CSU 48.6 and the FDP 7.9%. That means that the CDU together with CSU get the most votes (3.7% more than in 1972), but they could not reach the absolutely majority. Afterwards SPD and FDP are willing to continue their co-operation, it seems to be sure, that Helmut Schmidt will be Chancellor also in future. But, besides this, Helmut Kohl, the Chancellor candidate of the CDU, announced that he will contact the FDP regarding a collaboration. Photo Shows Franz Joseph Strauss (center), leader of CSU party during a television interview after knowing the results. For his party voted (in Bavaria) 60% of the electors
