Conservatives lead in German elections, far-right AfD comes in second
German opposition leader Friedrich Merz declared victory after his Christian Democrats won nearly 29% of the votes in the country’s federal election. Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democratic Party faced a historic defeat with the lowest vote share for the center-left party since 1949.
German election results 2025 – live: Elon Musk congratulates far-right party’s gains says AfD leader
Mr Musk, an ally of President Donald Trump, has waded several times into German politics during the election campaign and ...
The leading candidate, Friedrich Merz, a conservative who has adopted many of the AfD’s hard-line positions on immigration, ...
Germany faces its second change of leader in less than four years after the head of the center-right opposition won Sunday’s ...
Alternative for Germany (AfD) has surged to become the country’s second-largest political party, marking a dramatic rise in ...
German hard-right party AfD gets strongest showing since WW2 GERMANY’S hard-right party has had its strongest showing since ...
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