After more than three years with Chancellor Olaf Scholz at Germany’s helm, Sunday’s election cemented the country’s lurch to the right.

Exit polls in Germany show that the country's conservative union of the Christian Democratic Union and Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CDU/CSU), with CDU leader Friedrich Merz poised to take over as the country's chancellor.

German opposition leader Friedrich Merz’s conservatives have won a lackluster victory in a national election Sunday, projections show.