Germany's conservatives celebrate, but far right enjoy record result
Friedrich Merz's conservatives have won Germany's election, well ahead of rival parties but short of the 30% vote-share they had expected. "Let's celebrate tonight and in the morning, we'll get to work," he told cheering supporters. His immediate priority is to try to form a government with the third-placed Social Democrats of Olaf Scholz.
An astounding map that has emerged from Germany’s general election has shown just how divided the nation at the heart of Europe is.
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The conservative alliance led by Feidrich Merz took the most seats in the German Bundestag, but Alice Weidel’s far-right AfD is close behind.
The Christian Democrats won with 28.6% of the vote while the far-right Alternative for Germany came second with 20.8%.
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Far-right gains and a ‘sharper and edgier’ chancellor are among the takeaways from the country’s contest, an expert says.
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Germans delivered a major election win for their conservative party Sunday. Tim Ross, chief political correspondent in Europe ...
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