A bit like Robert Habeck and Annalena Baerbock looked one day after the Bundestag elections. Until CDU leader Friedrich Merz is elected as the new Chancellor, the current government with its Green party cabinet ministers will remain in office,

The center-right CDU is expected to emerge triumphant in a campaign that has made little mention of environmental issues.

Germany's Robert Habeck, who had run in Sunday's election as the chancellor candidate for the environmentalist Greens, said he would no longer take a leading role in his party after what he described as a disappointing result.

Early projections say Germany's socialist Left Party has managed to get reelected into the Bundestag, with a historically high result. This comes after a successful election campaign.

German Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck plans to step back from any leadership role in the Greens after his party suffered losses in Sunday's election. "I will no longer claim or aspire to a leading role in the Green Party's personnel line-up,

The German Greens' top candidate, Robert Habeck, acknowledged that his party's showing in the election is likely to fall short of expectations in a speech to supporters on Sunday evening in Berlin. Habeck warned against the rise of right-wing populism and congratulated conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz,