Germany’s conservatives win election, AfD surges: TV exit polls

Germany’s conservatives win election, AfD surges: TV exit polls

Germany’s conservative CDU/CSU alliance led by Friedrich Merz won Sunday’s elections with between 28.5 and 29 percent of the vote, according to first TV exit polls. The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) followed in second place with 19.5 to 20 percent, roughly doubling its result in the last election in 2021, based on initial figures…

Far-right state win shakes Germany’s fragile coalition

Far-right state win shakes Germany’s fragile coalition

BERLIN, Sept 1 – German state elections that dealt a heavy blow to the parties in Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s government and historic wins for two anti-establishment parties are likely to aggravate instability in an already fractious ruling coalition. With only a year to go before a national election in Europe’s largest economy, Sunday’s results look set to…