On 23 February 2025, German citizens voted in an early Bundestag election to renew the lower chamber's members, after the collapse of the 'traffic light' coalition led by Chancellor Scholz in late 2024. As polls had predicted, the conservative CDU-CSU won the election and the radical-right party AfD came second, both increasing the percentage of votes relative to the 2021 elections.Incumbent parties (SPD, Greens, and FDP), in contrast, lost support and the parliamentary majority; the FDP did not even receive enough votes to enter parliament. What explains this high electoral volatility, along with high turnout (84%)? How did support for conservative and progressive parties vary across the country? Will a new coalition between CDU-CSU and SPD change economic policy and Germany's stance in the international arena?In this episode, the Political Data Yearbook co-editor Michelangelo Vercesi (University of Naples Federico II) discusses these key issues with Thorsten Faas (Free University Berlin), Professor for Political Science and renowned expert of German politics. The podcast was recorded on 25 February 2025.

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