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Voters head to polls to elect a new parliament

German Election Live Updates: Polls open in Germany, shadow of far-right surge lurks over voters

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 · 2h

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 Habeckand Alice Weidel.

U.S. News & World Report · 16h

Leading Contenders Make Their Final Appeals to German Voters Before a Landmark Election

The contenders in Germany's election made their final appeals to voters Saturday, with opposition leader and front-runner Friedrich Merz vowing to revive the stagnant economy and defend Europe's interests in the face of a confrontational U.

Germany's Merz Takes Aim at Greens

The Associated Press - Busines… · 5h

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 Saturday to revive the stagnant economy and defend Europe’s interests in the face of a confrontational U.

Bloomberg L.P. · 21h

Germany’s Merz Takes Aim at Greens in Final Election Stretch

Conservative frontrunner Friedrich Merz stepped up his attacks on rival Robert Habeck from the Greens as the campaign ahead of Germany’s federal elections enters the final stretch.

South China Morning Post on MSN · 7h

Germany’s polls could reshape Europe as conservative Merz aims to lead amid far-right surge

Conservatives lead polls, with Friedrich Merz likely to be chancellor, while the far-right AfD could achieve a historic result Germans vote in a national election on Sunday, which was expected to see Friedrich Merz's conservatives regain power and the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) score its best result as Europe's ailing economic

Germany Votes With Polls Pointing to Merz Victory

Hosted on MSN · 13m

Germans vote in national polls, Friedrich Merz unlikely to attain majority

Germany’s electoral system rarely gives any party an absolute majority and opinion polls suggest that no party is anywhere near one this time

QuickTake on MSN · 4h

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.

South China Morning Post on MSN · 7h

Germany’s polls could reshape Europe as conservative Merz aims to lead amid far-right surge

26mon MSN

German election: Voting begins after campaign dominated by economy and security fears

Germans are voting today in a pivotal election dominated by economic woes and security fears after a string of deadly attacks ...

20h

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 ...

2don MSN

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 ...

12hon MSN

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.

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 Europe1d

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 ...

New York Sun19h

Germans Head to the Polls in Europe’s Most Important Election This Year

Regardless of the outcome, Sunday's German election marks a rejection of the centrist political establishment and a shift to ...

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

Friedrich Merz of the Christian Democratic Union is favored to replace Olaf Scholz of the Social Democratic Party as ...

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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