Left, right and centre: Germany's election

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  The Economist Hello and welcome to The Intelligence from The Economist.

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  I'm your host, Jason Ballmer.

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  Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

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  First up though.

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  Some of what happened overnight in Germany went entirely as expected.

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  The Christian Democratic Union and its sister Christian Social Union topped the poll with 29%.

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  The CDU's leader Friedrich Merz will be Chancellor.

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  As expected,

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  the hard-right alternative for Germany or AFD party had its best-ever national result,

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  by a factor of 2, 21% of the vote.

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  A bit more surprising was the poor showing of the Social Democrats,

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  or SPD, which led the outgoing government.

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