Provisional results confirmed that mainstream conservatives led by Friedrich Merz won Germany's national election , while far-right party AfD surged to become the nation's second-largest.

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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 ...

Tech billionaire Elon Musk speaks via a video transmission during the election campaign launch rally of the far-right Alternative for Germany party, in Halle, Germany, on January 25, 2025.

The general election of the Bundestag, Germany's lower house of parliament, was not supposed to come until September of this year. But on Nov. 6, ...

In the next national Parliament, the far-right Alternative for Germany party is likely to remain a pariah force. But it looks assured, too, of a role in shaping the country’s future.

Follow live updates on the 2025 Germany election. When German voters go to the polls on Sunday, the fate of companies like SKW Piesteritz will be at the top of their minds.