Germany Election 2025

Germany Election: Chancellor Scholz’s SPD Concedes Defeat, Calls The Result ‘Bitter’

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has acknowledged his party’s heavy loss in the national elections held on Sunday, February 23. The centre-left Social Democratic Party (SPD), led by Scholz, suffered a major setback as it trailed behind the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social...

Germany’s Far-Right AfD Celebrates ‘Historic’ Election Triumph

Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party is celebrating what it calls a "historic" victory in the national elections, securing between 19.5 and 20 percent of the vote, according to exit polls. The result marks the strongest national showing for the anti-immigration party, positioning it as the second-largest political force...

Germany Election 2025: Polls Open in Pivotal Vote to Elect New Parliament

Polling stations opened across Germany on Sunday in a high-stakes election to select 630 members of the lower house of parliament, known as the Bundestag, amid concerns that far-right sentiment was on the rise in the country as migration policies were at the center stage of political debate. A population...