Germany – a country divided

A splintered result in the Germany elections will almost certainly see Friederich Merz replace Scholz as much-of-the-same head of a coalition government. The right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, egged on by senior figures in the Trump administration, notched up the strongest election result for any party of the radical right since the Second World War, with a projected 20 per cent of the vote. Its support comes from eastern Germany and across the younger, poorer half of the electorate