President Zoran Milanovic believes that the outcome of the parliamentary election in Germany will not lead to any major changes in Europe or towards Croatia.

“These are slim victories and slim results,” Milanovic said commenting on the results of the election in Germany held on Sunday where the difference between the two leading parties is very slim, with the centre-left party slightly in the lead.

According to the latest provisional results, the centre-left Social-Democratic Party (SPD) has won 26.0% of the vote, while outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative CDU/CSU bloc has won 24.5%. Merkel is withdrawing after leading the county for the past 16 years.

This isn’t a great difference, said Milanovic, adding that a rearrangement has occurred.

“Angela Merkel’s 16 years have ended and those were a good 16 years,” Milanovic said.

It seems by all accounts that the now government will be formed by the Social-Democrats but “there won’t be any major changes in German politics, towards Europe and towards Croatia,” he said.