BERLIN, March 9 (Reuters) - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Sunday's election in the southern state of Baden-Wuerttemberg was a "bitter" result for his conservatives but would not affect the government in Berlin as he again ruled out cooperating with the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD).

But the Greens, which have led coalition governments in Baden-Württemberg since 2011, narrowly secured the largest share of the vote with 30.2 per cent, down from 32.6 per cent in the previous 2021 state election. The party secured 11.6 per cent in last year’s nationwide federal elections.

Germany's centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) were reeling on Sunday after plunging to their worst ever result in a German state election. Projections showed the party falling to a distant fourth

A Christian Democratic Union victory long looked likely despite the unpopularity of the 10-month-old national government. But the party's poll lead shrank ahead of Sunday's election.

BERLIN, March 9 (Reuters) - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz repeated on Monday his conservatives would not cooperate with the far-right Alternative for Germany party following the close result in the state election in the southern region of Baden Wuerttemberg.

The co-leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) on Sunday said she was "very satisfied" after projections showed the party in third place in the election in the south-western state of

Germany faces its second change of leader in fewer than four years. The latest result cements a shift to the right in Europe.

The first of five state elections this year is being seen as a barometer of Chancellor Friedrich Merz's popularity A survey shows that many people in Germany are plagued by financial worries Plus, local elections are to take place in the southern state of Bavaria on Sunday.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's centre-right CDU faces a regional election Sunday, the first of several this year in which it hopes to stem the rise of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD).The state was traditionally a CDU stronghold,

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz ⁠faces ⁠his first electoral test since taking ⁠office last May on Sunday, when voters go to the polls in ​the south-western state of Baden-Wuerttemberg, offering his party a chance to reclaim dominance.

Leader’s centre-right CDU party is hoping to beat Greens in Sunday’s election in Baden-Württemberg

In this cradle of Germany’s automotive sector, anxiety is growing over the industry’s fading heyday — and the far right stands ready to capitalize. Germans in Baden-Württemberg — a southwestern state of some 11 million people that is home to Mercedes-Benz and Porsche — will go to the polls on Sunday in the first in a series of five important state elections and numerous local votes this year.