Mario Nawfal
🚨🇩🇪GERMAN ELECTION 2025: 52% VOTER TURNOUT BY NOW By 2pm CET today, 52% of Germans hit the polls for the Bundestag election—mail-in votes not counted. That’s a jump from 2021’s 36.5% at this hour, though the final tally then hit 76.4%. The election chief’s urging everyone to vote—polls close at 6pm. Only after that, we will have official numbers to report. Source: Bundeswahlleiterin
Mario Nawfal
🇩🇪 GERMANY’S ELECTION: A POLITICAL EARTHQUAKE IN THE MAKING? Germany votes in a pivotal election as CDU/CSU leads, but AfD surges to a record high, reflecting deep divisions over migration, economic stagnation, and national security. Friedrich Merz’s conservatives have shifted right to reclaim voters, while Olaf Scholz’s SPD faces historic lows after coalition gridlock and economic mismanagement. Germany’s new Bundestag will be smaller under the reformed electoral system, favoring nationally strong but regionally weak parties—potentially reshaping coalition dynamics. With mainstream parties refusing to work with AfD, forming a government could take months. Will Berlin navigate this crisis, or is a realignment of German politics inevitable? Source: RFI
