Maximilian Hofmann

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Exit polls for the elections in the southwestern German state of Baden-Württemberg show the Green party in the lead, followed by the conservative CDU. In third place is the far-right AfD party.

"Germany is not a party to this war." So said Defense Minister Boris Pistorius, as the German parliament debated the Iran war on Wednesday. Here is a brief selection of views from the debate:

What's Germany's likely next chancellor's message to Donald Trump? DW's @MKuefner put that to Friedrich Merz as he presented the coalition agreement between the CDU/CSU and SPD.

Here's a breakdown of the exit poll numbers:

BREAKING: Exit polls in the German election put the conservative CDU/CSU bloc with 29% of the vote, followed by the far-right AfD in second place with 19.5%.

JUST IN: Germany will hold snap general elections on February 23 following the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz's center-left coalition, according to parliamentary sources speaking to dpa and AFP news agencies. p.dw.com/p/4murv

Confused about what's going on in German politics right now? 😕 Relationship status: It's complicated — and, to top it all off, some of the key players involved had to pose for this awkward photo...

German chancellor Olaf Scholz on why he sacked Finance minister @c_lindner tonight: "he’s selfish", "broke my trust too many times", "he rejected too many compromises that sometimes overstretched my own political convictions", 1/x

JUST IN: Germany's Chancellor Scholz says he will call for a vote of confidence in mid-January. He added that this could lead to an early election by the end of March.

The fable of the rabbit and the tortoise has been tested in real life. 😂

Far-right AfD party co-leader Alice Weidel will be the party’s coming chancellor candidate for the upcoming federal elections, according to German media reports. When we asked her in June about her ambitions, she denied having plans to run.

My fellow Democrats, I have decided not to accept the nomination and to focus all my energies on my duties as President for the remainder of my term. My very first decision as the party nominee in 2020 was to pick Kamala Harris as my Vice President. And it’s been the best decision I’ve made. Today I want to offer my full support and endorsement for Kamala to be the nominee of our party this year. Democrats — it’s time to come together and beat Trump. Let’s do this.

JUST IN: Donald Trump whisked off the stage at a rally in Pennsylvania after loud noises rang through the crowd, media reports say.

Everyone in Ireland between now and Sunday 🇪🇸

JUST IN: Polling stations in France close. Early projections show the left alliance coming in first, ahead of President Macron's party and the far-right coalition.

Portugal players trying to get Ronaldo to score a goal this Euros

@ogussew Cool! Ich gehe heute in Berlin. Kannst Du schreiben, um wieviel Uhr Priest angefangen hat? Danke!

Heute Abend in Hamburg die Dreifachbeschallung genossen - Uriah Heep, Saxon, Judas Priest. Großartiges Konzert, alle drei können es immer noch. Ich bin eindeutig zu selten auf Konzerten. Dieses blöde Erwachsenenleben. Anbei ein kleiner Eindruck der klassischen Halford-Show.

This is brilliant 😂 twitter.com/TF_Video/statu…

Who says football can't be educational? 😂 #SUIGER #EURo2024

Spain vs Italy highlights twitter.com/TF_Video/statu…