The conservative CDU led by Friedrich Merz won Germany's 2025 election. Here's a look in charts at the wins and losses ... change in party wins from 2021 to 2025 The change in Germany's political ...

Read More: Why Germany Is at a Crossroads The election took place seven months earlier than planned after Scholz’s unpopular coalition collapsed in November, three years ... about 20.5% ...

came in second with 20.8%. The Federal Electoral Committee is expected to verify and announce the final official results of the election in the Bundestag on March 14. The big winner of the ...

Incumbent Chancellor Scholz of the governing SPD has acknowledged a “bitter” defeat, congratulating Merz on the results ... been in recession for the past two years, and its key industries ...

The results ... its Nazi past. That could leave Scholz in a caretaker role for months, delaying urgently needed policies to revive Europe’s largest economy after two consecutive years of ...