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Christian Democrats came first. But the far right and the left were the biggest gainers.

In today’s newsletter: The far-right AfD may have come second, but at 20% they have been held off by the performance of mainstream parties, with the CDU leader Friedrich Merz on course to be the new chancellor

German voters head to the polls in a winter election on Sunday but may not have a new government for some time.

Germany holds elections on Sunday after its three-party "traffic light" coalition collapsed last year and could soon have a "black-red" government while a "Jamaica" or "blackberry" alliance is less likely.

This mechanism, which has been blamed for a lack of investment, has emerged as an important election issue.

On Sunday, Germans will vote in an election that could shape both their country’s future and that of the European Union. While the hard-right AfD gains support, centrist and left-leaning parties struggle to tackle key issues such as immigration, inflation, and whether to back US President Donald Trump’s efforts to…

German citizens will take to the polls on February 23 for a snap general election.

When Germans vote on Sunday, conservative Friedrich Merz is the strong favourite to become the next chancellor after a bitterly fought campaign roiled by the rise of the AfD, a far-right party vocally backed by Team Trump.

Voters share which party they are backing on key issues from immigration to economic stagnation amid a fractured political landscape