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.
One lesson from an Alternative für Deutschland rally and this weekend’s election results: The Cold War never ended.
The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) and the Left Party jointly secured one third of seats in the new parliament, ...
After Germany’s conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) won a plurality of seats in federal elections Sunday, party ...
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Friedrich Merz is set to become Germany’s next chancellor, but he has a long road ahead of him to form government and hold onto power.
On 23 February, Germany will vote to decide who will run their next federal government. There’s five candidates running to be ...
The German elections have taken place and the Bundestag is looking a lot more right-wing than it was this time yesterday. The ...
Trump hailed the result as a "GREAT DAY FOR GERMANY," while the far-right AfD party that Elon Musk has championed made ...
Elon Musk has continued his public association with Germany’s far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party, sending a ...
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‘Devastating’: What Germany’s election results mean for JewsGermany’s AfD party placed second in the 2025 election, fueled by immigration fears, despite its association with neo-Nazis.
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