The preliminary results of Germany’s national election on Sunday are in, with conservative parties winning the most votes and the far-right nearly doubling its seats in the national legislature.

The Christian Democrats, AfD and Die Linke won more votes than in the last general election. Far left Center left Center left Liberal There were smaller surprises, including the last-minute surge ...

The center-right Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) are on course to return to power in Germany, with the latest projections showing Friedrich Merz’s party leading the national election. The far-right ...

The 12-year old AfD party took second place for the first time in a national election, according to the exit polls. To be sure, the AfD is unlikely to govern for now as all mainstream parties have ...

A graphic showing a map with Germany's conservative ... the graphic showing results of the European election on June 10, 2024. Germany’s AfD and the Left Party jointly secured one-third of ...

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That coalition had been cobbled together for one purpose only: to ensure that the AfD, a strong second-place finisher in the February parliamentary elections, was kept out of government. Since those ...

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Co-leader Alice Weidel’s AfD has nearly doubled its representation in the Bundestag, winning just 85 seats in the 2021 elections - and crucially, taking its national support from 10.4 per cent ...