German election 2025: Conservative CDU favorite to win as far right eyes historic result — live updates

Welcome, Willkommen, to POLITICO’s German election liveblog, where we’ll be bringing you real-time updates as Germans head to the polls. Sunday’s election comes after the three-party governing coalition between Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats, the Greens and the liberal Free Democrats collapsed in November.  The campaign has been dominated by the issue of migration after a series of deadly attacks perpetrated by […]

Welcome, Willkommen, to POLITICO’s German election liveblog, where we’ll be bringing you real-time updates as Germans head to the polls.

Sunday’s election comes after the three-party governing coalition between Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats, the Greens and the liberal Free Democrats collapsed in November. 

The campaign has been dominated by the issue of migration after a series of deadly attacks perpetrated by foreign citizens living in Germany.

Stay tuned for more updates here.