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

The co-leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) hailed her party’s “crazy success” after it doubled its result compared with the last federal election in 2021. Sitting alongside her co-leader Tino Chrupalla,

The success of the Alternative for Germany, or AfD, is a sign of the times. Across Europe, far-right parties once on the fringe have gone mainstream.