The AfD has confirmed its first-ever chancellor candidate as polls show the part is currently in second place. Co-leader Tino Chrupalla says the goal in the February vote is to surpass the 20% mark. V

The SPD is polling between 15 per cent and 16 per cent, trailing in third place just weeks before the February 23 snap election, but Scholz has resisted calls to step aside

The Bundestag, Germany's lower House, will vote on February 23 after Chancellor Olaf Scholz's coalition collapsed in 2024. Key issues for the election include the stance on Ukraine, economic revival plans,

The support for Germany's conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Christian Social Union (CSU) bloc has dropped by 2 percentage points to 28% within a week, according to a recent survey. This comes less than three weeks before the country's federal elections.