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Voters head to polls to elect a new parliament

German Election Live Updates: Europe's largest economy expected to face hurdles after polls

This important election has galvanised voters, and campaigning resumed on Saturday evening with a final discussion on national television, the ninth of the month

Associated Press · 1h

Germany election live updates: Voters head to the polls to elect a new parliament

Four candidates are running to be Germany’s next leader: incumbent Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Friedrich Merz, current Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck, and Alice Weidel, of the far-right AfD.

Reuters on MSN · 3h

Gloomy Germans vote in election which conservatives are set to win

Germans vote in a national election on Sunday which is expected to see Friedrich Merz's conservatives regain power and the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) score its best ever result as Europe's ailing economic powerhouse lurches rightwards.

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Africanews English on MSN · 3d

Olaf Scholz and Friedrich Merz face off in final debate ahead of German election

During the debate the candidates touched on migration, the economy, and security. View on euronews

Atlanta Journal-Constitution · 36m

Conservative leader and front-runner Friedrich Merz casts his vote in German election

BERLIN (AP) — Conservative leader and front-runner Friedrich Merz has cast his vote in the German election. Merz is the leader of the center-right Union bloc, which has by far the best chance of forming a new government.

QuickTake on MSN · 5h

Germany Votes With Polls Pointing to Merz Victory: What to Watch

German voters are choosing the next leaders of Europe’s biggest economy on Sunday with polls suggesting a likely victory for the opposition conservatives under Friedrich Merz and a bitter loss for Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his Social Democrats.

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Leading contenders make their final appeals to German voters before a landmark election

The contenders in Germany’s election are making their final appeals to voters. The opposition leader and front-runner vowed ...

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Germany's Olaf Scholz, Friedrich Merz hold rallies in final days ahead of federal election

Germans are set to take to the polling stations on Sunday to decide on their next government in Sunday's federal election.

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Economy, immigration, Elon Musk at center of German election; conservative candidate favored to win

Germans go to the polls Sunday. Chancellor Scholz's Social Democrats are likely to lose to the conservative CDU party, as the ...

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Germany's election will usher in new leadership — but might not turn tides for the country's struggling economy

Friedrich Merz has criticized Olaf Scholz on the economy, but experts question if a government led by the Christian ...

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Germany votes Sunday for a new government that will shape Europe’s response to an assertive Trump

German voters go to the polls Sunday to elect a parliament that will determine who runs the country for the next four years.

Germans start voting, polls suggest shift to right

The far-right AfD likely will score its best ever result as Europe's ailing economic powerhouse lurches rightwards. The ...

DPA International on MSN13d

Viewers surveyed thought Scholz won debate against rival Merz

Viewers surveyed on Sunday thought that German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) narrowly won the TV debate against his rival ...

Politico Europe2d

Friedrich Merz gives women voters the ick

In a survey out last year, women aged 14 to 29 reported significantly less support for Merz’s party than their male peers ...

RTE Online1h

Germans go to the polls under shadow of far-right surge

Polling is under way in Germany in one of the most divisive elections in recent memory, coming amid ongoing gloom about the ...

Who is Friedrich Merz, the favourite to become Germany's next chancellor?

The 69-year-old CDU leader Friedrich Merz is a major favourite for the German chancellorship after Sunday's snap election.

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