German conservatives win election but far-right AfD surges, exit polls show
Germany's opposition conservatives won the national election on Sunday, putting leader Friedrich Merz on track to be the next chancellor while the far-right Alternative for Germany came in second, its best ever result, projections showed.
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The leading candidate, Friedrich Merz, a conservative who has adopted many of the AfD’s hard-line positions on immigration, used his closing statement of the debate to promise his voters that he would never allow the AfD into his government. Under him, he said, the firewall would hold.
Outgoing German chancellor Olaf Scholz conceded the election and decried the historic gains of the far-right conservative ...
But the other big story is that the anti-immigration Alternative for Germany (AfD) party is set to become the second biggest ...
Tino Chrupalla, said his party is open for coalition negotiations with the conservative CDU/CSU bloc after Sunday's ...
Germany has voted — and the exit polls show opposition leader Friedrich Merz and his Conservative Party on course for a ...
German conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz won the country’s election Sunday, placing the far-right Alternative für ...
Millions of Germans are voting in snap elections. The centre-right CDU is predicted to win the biggest share of votes, putting its leader Friedrich Merz in pole position to be next chancellor. Follow ...
Nine people, most with immigrant roots, were killed in an attack in western Germany in February 2020. The fifth anniversary comes days before the German election, where the far-right AfD party could ...
The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) looks set for a second place finish, with its biggest-ever share of the national ...
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