German opposition leader Friedrich Merz’s conservatives were on course for a lackluster victory in a national election Sunday, while Alternative for Germany nearly doubled its support, the

German voters are choosing the next leaders of Europe’s biggest economy on Sunday with polls suggesting a likely victory for the opposition conservatives under Friedrich Merz and a bitter loss for Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his Social Democrats.

For the new Germans originally from Syria, the election is weighted with extra significance. Many of them fled their country because of the civil war that followed former Presiden

German voters go to the polls Sunday to elect a parliament that will determine who runs the country for the next four years.

The polls are open across Germany in an election that could shape Europe’s response to the new Trump administration, the Russia-Ukraine war and security across the continent. The race pits