Germany's 2025 Federal Election: A New Political Reality Amid Economic Challenges

The citizens have decided – and the result speaks clearly: the Union has clearly won the election. In Bavaria, the CSU achieved a strong result of 37.2%. A total of 208 members of the CDU/CSU are moving into the new Bundestag, including 44 from the CSU. The Union is thus the strongest faction and has received a clear government mandate. A special thanks go to the voters in the constituency of Aschaffenburg. With 43.8% of the first votes, the Bun…

The traffic lights are past. Electoral winners are the Union with the second worst election result in party history. The AfD spreads out in the Bundestag. The new government must not disappoint.

Germany's 2025 Federal Election: A New Political Reality Amid Economic Challenges

The CDU/CSU (Union) emerged as the dominant force in the election, securing a mandate to form the next government. A notable outcome was the rise of the AfD (Alternative für Deutschland), which has doubled its vote share and now stands as the second-largest faction in the Bundestag. As Germany faces its most significant economic crisis since reunification, the new government inherits a daunting set of challenges. Germany, as Europe’s leading eco…