Voting is underway in what many are calling Germany’s most crucial election in decades. Friedrich Merz, leader of the Christian Democrats, appears on track to become the country’s tenth Chancellor. The far-right AfD is expected to secure second place in the election.
‘There’s a very strong concern about this election and the international context, the security situation in Europe, what’s happening within Donald Trump’s administration, and the war in Ukraine… There’s a very strong awareness that Germany has entered a new world order with Trump,’ says France24 Europe Editor Armen Georgian, reporting from Berlin
