In brief | 24 February '25

DW: German election results explained in graphics

Here's a look in charts at the wins and losses, seats in parliament, possible coalition outcomes and voter demographics.

Bloomberg: German Social Democrats ditch Scholz after historic defeat

Germany’s Social Democrats are taking steps to revamp their leadership as a role in a new government beckons, even though Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s party slumped to its worst election result since World War II.

Reuters: International reaction to German election

Reuters compiled the international reaction to the results of Germany's national election.

Bloomberg: EU plans to walk back key planks of toughest ESG legislation

The commission is set to propose a significant watering down of the bloc’s sustainability rules as part of its regulatory review on Wednesday (26 February).

Table.Media: Energy transition: US Secretary of Energy spreads misinformation about Germany

In his inaugural speech, the new US Secretary of Energy Chris Wright cited the German energy transition as a cautionary example. However, the figures he cited are largely incorrect, not very conclusive and incomplete, as our fact check shows.

Reuters: EU to make most companies exempt from carbon border levy, draft shows

The European Commission will propose exemptions for "the vast majority" of companies covered by the European Union's carbon border levy (CBAM) on the grounds that they produce only one percent of emissions in the scheme, a draft proposal showed.