'Germany is being governed reliably again': Freidrich Merz

In Germany, Friedrich Merz says the conservative bloc will do everything they can to form a government capable of taking action as quickly as possible. Projections indicate Mr Merz's conservatives scored 29 per cent of the vote. The far-right anti-immigration Alternative for Germany party came in second with just under 20 per cent. Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats is set to come in third place.