ieExplains: What we learned from the German election
Germany faces its second change of leader in fewer than four years after the head of the centre-right opposition, Friedrich Merz, won Sunday’s election, which saw a surge for a far-right party and a stinging defeat for outgoing chancellor Olaf Scholz.
After the collapse of Mr Scholz’s three-party government in November, it is now up to Mr Merz to restore stability to the European Union’s most populous country and traditional political heavyweight, which also has the continent’s biggest economy.
