EU allies are cautiously hopeful the elections might deliver a more coherent government able to help drive forward policy at home and in the bloc read more People walk past an election campaign poster of Friedrich Merz, Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party candidate for chancellor, the day before the parliamentary election, in Potsdam, Germany. Reuters Germans were voting in a national election on Sunday that is expected to see Friedrich Merz’s conservatives regain power and the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) score its best ever result as Europe’s ailing economic powerhouse lurches rightwards. Merz’s CDU/CSU bloc has consistently led polls...