Conservatives win German elections, far-right comes in second place

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With a range between 28.5 and 29 percent of the votes cast, the conservative bloc made up of the Christian Democratic Union and the Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU), led by Friedrich Merz, was the most voted force in Sunday's general elections in Germany, according to the first exit polls published by public television stations ZDF and ARD.

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00:00In Germany, the CDU-CSU alliance won 208 seats in Parliament with 28.6% of the vote in Sunday's

00:07early election.

00:09The far-right Alternative for Germany party came in second and secured 152 seats with

00:1420.8% of the vote, doubling what it polled in the last election.

00:19The leader of the Christian Democratic Union reiterated his stance on not cooperating with

00:24the far-right AfD party.

00:26Friedrich Merz also pledged to achieve independence from the United States.

00:30Electoral authorities registered a high turnout at 82.5%, the highest since German reunification

00:36in 1990.

00:37The CDU leader is set to start talks to form a new coalition.

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