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Exit Polls Show German Conservatives Set to Win Election With 29% of Votes
Germany’s conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz is projected to win Sunday’s federal election, comfortably finishing ahead of the far-right AfD party and Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats. Merz’s CDU/CSU bloc won 29% of the votes, followed by 19.5% for the Alternative for Germany, according to estimates from public broadcaster ARD. The Social Democrats finished third with 16%, the party’s worst result since World War II. The vote holds particular weight as Europe’s biggest economy contends with stagnating growth, Russia’s war in Ukraine and US President Donald Trump threatens to kick off ... (full story)
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Germany’s conservatives win election, as far-right AfD leaps to second place, exit polls show
The Christian Democratic Union and the allied Christian Social Union secured the largest share of votes in the German federal election on Sunday, according to exit polls from German broadcaster ZDF. This puts the party’s lead candidate Friedrich Merz in prime position to take over from Olaf Scholz as chancellor of Europe’s largest economy. The CDU-CSU won 28.5% of votes, with the far-right AfD in second place with 20% and Scholz’s Social Democratic Party coming in third with 16.5%, according to ZDF exit polls data. “Thank you for your trust, thank you for your support! Voters in Germany have given us a clear ... (full story)
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