Leader of far right AfD Alice Weidel waves a German flag at the AfD party headquarters in Berlin, Germany. Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has secured its strongest-ever result in a national election, surging to second place with over 20%, trailing only behind Friedrich Merz’s conservative CDU/CSU alliance, which won with more than 28%.The…
Germany’s conservative leader Friedrich Merz is projected to win the national election, according to exit polls. The results indicate the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) is on track for its strongest showing since World War II, while Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) are expected to finish in third place.Merz’s centre-right Union bloc (CDU/CSU)…
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier issued an order on Friday to dissolve the Parliament and scheduled a new date for the election which is on February 23, following the breakdown of Chancellor Olaf Scholz‘s governing coalition. After dismissing his finance minister during a disagreement about economic revival strategies, Scholz’s contentious three-party coalition fell apart on November…
