NNA - The conservatives led by Friedrich Merz won Germany's parliamentary elections on Sunday, ahead of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) despite achieving its best result in history, according to two public television polls, as reported by "Agence France-Presse".

The conservative Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union received between 28.5% and 29%, according to the two polls broadcast by ARD and ZDF, while the AfD received between 19.5% and 20%, an unprecedented result for a far-right party in a federal election since World War II. Merz, who is likely to take over as chancellor from the Social Democrat Olaf Scholz, ruled out any government coalition with the far right.

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