German election 2025: The winners and losers
The conservative CDU is celebrating (somewhat), the center-left SPD is reeling and the far-right AfD is making history. Here’s our analysis.
German conservatives win election but far-right AfD surges, exit polls show
Germany's conservatives won the national election on Sunday, while the far-right Alternative for Germany came in second, its best ever result.
Conservatives celebrate German election win as the far right sees historic success
German opposition leader Friedrich Merz’s conservatives have won a lackluster victory in a national election Sunday, projections show.
Germany Election Maps: How Conservatives Regained Power
Maps show how every district in Germany voted. The conservative Christian Democrats have won the most seats while the far-right AfD placed second.
German elections: CDU wins, Merz aims for coalition by Easter
With all constituencies counted, the centre-right Christian Democratic Union has claimed victory, while minnows, including the left-conservative BSW, barely missed the threshold to enter parliament. #
What We Learned From the German Election That Will Bring Change to the EU's Leading Power
Germany faces its second change of leader in less than four years after the head of the center-right opposition won Sunday’s election
'We have won the election': Germany's conservative leaders celebrate as far-right projected to take second place
This video can not be played CDU's Friedrich Merz thanks voters as he is greeted with cheers Edited by Neha Gohil and Tiffany Wertheimer in London, with Paul Kirby in Berlin Elections for the German Bundestag,
Conservatives win German election while far-right party surges to second place
Provisional results confirm that mainstream conservatives led by Friedrich Merz won Germany’s national election, while a far-right party surged to become the nation’s second-largest
Who is Friedrich Merz? Meet the conservative leader taking the reins of the German chancellery
Merz, a man who has never held a government role, is preparing to take the reins in Germany just as the country faces economic and diplomatic crises.
Germany's election won by conservatives but far-right AfD party surges, official results show
Provisional results confirmed that mainstream conservatives led by Friedrich Merz won Germany's national election​, while a far-right party surged to become the nation's second-largest.
German election Q&A: What's at stake for FDP, The Left and BSW?
For three German parties, their existence and participation in the Bundestag is riding on Sunday's elections. Euronews spoke ...
Merz’s victory opens new era of German uncertainty
Friedrich Merz will be the next chancellor of Germany. And he still can’t tell what his government program will be. His ...
German election: the results explained as Friedrich Merz comes out swinging for Europe
Friedrich Merz, the presumptive chancellor of Germany, has confirmed he will seek a coalition with the social democratic SPD ...
BSW's Sahra Wagenknecht mulls challenging German election results
The left-wing conservative BSW party fell just short of the 5% threshold to enter the Bundestag with a nail-biting share of 4 ...
The latest polls ahead of Germany’s snap election
The margin of error for individual polls is estimated from the poll’s sample size and the number of eligible German voters ...
Transport policy from the 2025 election manifestos: CDU/CSU, FDP, BSW and AFD
The parties have very different ideas on transport policy for the Bundestag elections. In the first part, we take a look at ...
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Populist Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance hopeful after German exit polls
Germany's upstart Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) remains optimistic about passing the 5% hurdle to enter parliament, ...