Live updates: Merz’s conservatives win Germany election as far-right AfD makes historic gains
Outgoing German chancellor Olaf Scholz conceded the election and decried the historic gains of the far-right conservative party, AfD. Early exit polls show AfD is headed for second place, while opposition leader Friedrich Merz’s conservatives are in the lead and Scholz’s party fell to third.
The former East Germany still votes virtually as a separate country — and increasingly for a party that has been linked to ...
German voters cast their ballots in Sunday’s election, with opposition leader Friedrich Merz claiming victory and Chancellor ...
Germany’s political system is set up to exclude extremists. Yet the country is waking up to a new political reality that has ...
Trump hailed the result as a "GREAT DAY FOR GERMANY," while the far-right AfD party that Elon Musk has championed made ...
The center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its sister party, the CSU, led with 28.6% of the vote, while the AfD came in second with 20.8%, more than doubling its previous share. CDU leader ...
The leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), the second largest party in parliament after Sunday's election, ...
The AfD group in the Bundestag on Tuesday voted to accept Matthias Helferich, who is so divisive officials from his own ...
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