Election campaign posters of the Social Democratic Party, SPD, with Chancellor Olaf Scholz, left, and of the Christian Democratic Union party, CDU, with Friedrich Merz stand at a road in
- Election posters, showing German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, right, and CDU top candidate Friedrich Merz, stand on a meadow in Nieder-Erlenbach near Frankfurt, Germany, Feb. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael
As Sunday’s snap federal election nears, political parties are intensifying their efforts in the final stretch to drum up support. View on euronews
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said he would not represent the Social Democratic Party of Germany in coalition talks with the Christian Democratic Union, which won the election, according to Bild and tagesschau.
The election results mark a turning point in German politics. Chancellor Olaf Scholz's center-left Social Democrats (SPD) suffered a heavy defeat, recording their worst result in postwar history
Friedrich Merz, Germany's likely next head of government, is already trying to shape foreign policy. He is especially concerned about Germany's ailing relationships with France and Poland.
The Christian Democratic Union and its allied Christian Social Union secured the largest share of votes in the German federal election, exit polls show.
Friedrich Merz's CDU party emerged as the largest party in Germany's parliament, the Bundestag, earning 28.6% of the vote.
Germany faces its second change of leader in less than four years after the head of the center-right opposition won Sunday’s election.
Friedrich Merz has led the Christian Democrats to victory in Germany's election. The 69-year-old politician will now enter into talks with Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats (SPD) for a coalition government.