Germany’s centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) is on course to form a grand coalition with the Social Democratic Party (SPD) after winning Sunday’s federal election.
However, the big winner of the evening was the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), which doubled its support to 20.8 per cent or 152 seats in parliament.
In many eastern German regions it polled almost double that with 38 per cent in Saxony. The AfD scored strongly in many western German states, too, finishing in second place.
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