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.
Germany’s political system is set up to exclude extremists. Yet the country is waking up to a new political reality that has ...
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BERLIN (Reuters) - The leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), the second largest party in parliament after ...
The far-right had its strongest showing since World War II, while the center-left Social Democrats had their worst postwar ...
Germany’s AfD party placed second in the 2025 election, fueled by immigration fears, despite its association with neo-Nazis.
Germany's election delivered a win to the conservative opposition as well as a historic surge in support for the far-right ...
Friedrich Merz's CDU/CSU secured 28.52% of the vote while the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) secured 20.8% of the ...
The collective shunning of the AfD party is part of a longstanding attempt to blunt its move into the mainstream.
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