Following a historic election defeat for his centre-left Social Democrats (SPD), German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Monday that he plans to carry out his work as head of government “properly to the ...

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According to the exit polls and partial counting, Merz’s Union bloc garnered around 28.5% votes, while the anti-immigration ...

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BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Olaf Scholz concedes defeat in Germany's national election.