Berlin — 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.

open image in gallery AfD supporters waved German flags, including one adorned with an Iron Cross, at the final AfD campaign rally ahead of Thuringia state elections in August 2024 (Sean Gallup ...

AfD co-leader and chancellor candidate Alice Weidel waves a German flag at the AfD party headquarters in Berlin, Germany, on February 23, 2025, after the German election results showed her party ...

Leader of far-right AfD Alice Weidel waves a German flag at the AfD party headquarters in Berlin, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025, after the German national election. (AP Photo/Michael Probst ...

A German flag flutters in the wind in front of the cupola of the Reichstag building that houses the Bundestag (lower house of German parliament) on February 24, 2025. (Photo by RALF HIRSCHBERGER ...

"This is a historic result for us," AfD co-leader Alice Weidel said as party supporters waved German flags in celebration. "We are open to coalition negotiations ... otherwise, there will be no ...

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Germany’s final election results have been declared and Friedrich Merz’s CDU/CSU alliance-led conservatives have won the 2025 polls, though short of the 30% vote-share they had expected. The far right ...

Germany’s political system is set up to exclude extremists. Yet the country is waking up to a new political reality that has lurched to the right with the once outcast Alternative for Germany ...

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This means that Germany is once again headed to a coalition government, as winning an absolute majority has never happened in the country’s modern history. Here’s how the candidates reacted to ...