Germany's conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz, whose centre-right bloc won the country's election on Sunday, visited Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Tuesday for initial talks. Merz is almost certain to replace Scholz as the country's next chancellor after his Christian Democrats (CDU) and their Bavarian sister party,

Germany's conservatives won the country's snap elections, but many in the party are disappointed at its overall showing. The SPD fared even worse, plummeting to the worst result in its modern history.