Bundestag Election - CDU Party - Friedrich Merz

Bundestag Election - CDU Party - Friedrich Merz

Supporters wait for the vote count results at the headquarters of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in Berlin, Germany, Feb. 23, 2025. Germany's conservative bloc, the CDU and the Christian Social Union (CSU), has taken the lead in the country's 2025 federal election, according to preliminary results released by German public broadcaster ARD on Sunday evening. According to ARD's latest vote counts, CDU/CSU secured 28.5 percent of the vote, followed by the Alternative for Germany (AfD) with 20.6 percent and the Social Democratic Party (SPD) with 16.5 percent. Photo by Du Zheyu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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