Politics

Germany’s governing coalition also got a shellacking at the election. The opposition Christian Democrats came first and the nationalist Alternative for Germany (AfD) second, beating all three parties in the government. The Social Democrats, the party of Chancellor Olaf Scholz, took just 14%, its worst showing ever in a national poll. The AfD’s biggest increase in support was among people aged 16-24, in an election where 16-year-olds were able to vote for the first time.