What election projections mean for Germany's ailing economy
Germany's opposition conservatives CDU/CSU won the national election on Sunday, putting leader Friedrich Merz on track to be the next chancellor while the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD)came in second,
What to Know About Germany’s Election Results—and What Comes Next
The far-right had its strongest showing since World War II, while the center-left Social Democrats had their worst postwar result.
German election 2025: Who won across the country
Meanwhile, the AfD’s near-20 percent result marks its strongest-ever national performance, underlining growing dissatisfaction with Germany’s political establishment. The party is projected to win multiple direct mandates, especially in eastern Germany.
Germany Election Shows a Politically Rightward Shift
Far-right gains and a ‘sharper and edgier’ chancellor are among the takeaways from the country’s contest, an expert says.
What Germany’s Election Result Means for Its Economy
The next German government faces calls to loosen borrowing rules, slash energy costs and spur innovation. It won’t be easy.
Five key takeaways from the German election
Here are five key takeaways. Look at an election results map of Germany, and you could almost have travelled back in time to the Cold War, when an iron curtain divided communist East Germany from the west.
Germany's Election in Graphics
Germany's election on Sunday delivered a win to the conservative opposition as well as a historic surge in support for the far-right AfD party. Here is a breakdown in graphics showing trends between male and female voters as well as different age groups,
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German election: Projections say CDU/CSU leads with 29%
Early projections say Germany's conservative bloc ... Here are the latest developments on Germany's parliamentary election on Sunday, February 23, 2025, along with the essential background and ...