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German opposition leader Friedrich Merz's conservatives were on course for a lackluster victory in a national election Sunday.
Merz declared victory on Sunday afternoon after his Christian Democratic Union party was projected to win approximately 30% of the vote.
Chancellor Olaf Scholz conceded defeat as his centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) faced their worst postwar election result, receiving just over 16% of the vote.
The BBC's Nick Beake reports from AfD headquarters in Berlin.