German Elections Narrow Down to a Close Race 🇩🇪

Euractiv Editor-in-Chief Matthew Karnitschnig says the German elections have closed in a “tight race”.

Polls have closed in Germany in one of the country’s most important elections so far this century, and it looks like Germany will have a new chancellor.

According to the exit polls, it looks likely former chancellor Angela Merkel’s CDU party will win power under new leader Friedrich Merz.

“This is a very tight race once you get down below the top two or three parties,” Mr Karnitschnig told Sky News Australia.

“It’s really going to depend on whether some of the smaller parties get into the German parliament or not – there’s a five per cent threshold.”