Conservative opposition wins German election and the far right is 2nd with strongest postwar result
Source: Associated Press
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz won a lackluster victory in a national election Sunday, while Alternative for Germany doubled its support in the strongest showing for a far-right party since World War II, projections showed.
Chancellor Olaf Scholz conceded defeat for his center-left Social Democrats after what he called “a bitter election result.” Projections for ARD and ZDF public television showed his party finishing in third place with its worst postwar result in a national parliamentary election.
Merz said he hopes to put a coalition government together by Easter. But that’s likely to be challenging
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My CNN article listed the election RESULTS, not the expected future election results. The "looks to become" is referring to MERZ as chancellor, since his party (what you refer to as the "opposition" ) won. Both articles are referring to the same "exit polls" for their identical numbers. CNN also provided the breakdown for the other parties, which is important and why I went with CNN.
