Conservatives win German election - as far-right AfD makes historic gains and Olaf Scholz's SPD collapses, projections show
Friedrich Merz, leader of the conservative CDU/CSU bloc, has said "from tomorrow we start working" on forming a government as the far-right AfD won its best-ever results.
What the far right's biggest win since WWII means for Germany's 'firewall'
Centre-right opposition leader Friedrich Merz is on track to be Germany's next chancellor, with his Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party alongside Christian Social Union (CSU) projected to win the ...