Live: Germany Election 2025: Polls Open, Live Updates & Reactions | Berlin, Germany

Germany holds a crucial general election after Olaf Scholz’s coalition collapsed in 2024. Watch live coverage from polling stations, leaders casting votes, and real-time reactions as exit polls are released. Stay tuned for speeches from key candidates, including Scholz, Merz, Weidel, Habeck, and Lindner.

SCHEDULE:
0530GMT - BERLIN – The sun rises over Germany's Reichstag parliament building on the morning of the general election.
0705GMT – BERLIN - Polls open and polling stations across Germany open their doors for voters to cast their ballot till 1700GMT when polling stations close and vote counting begins.
TIME TBC - POTSDAM – German Chancellor and SPD front-runner Olaf Scholz casts his votes
1000GMT - ARNSBERG – Opposition front runner Friedrich Merz casts vote in general election
1130GMT – BERLIN – Voters casting their ballots in a Berlin polling station.
1300GMT – COLOGNE – Voters casting their ballots.
1600GMT - FRANKFURT - Hundreds of volunteers gather in the Frankfurt trade centre to count postal votes in Germany's general election.
From 1630GMT- will be a mixed feed of the following (SOURCE: GERMAN ELETION POOL):
BERLIN – Supporters at CDU conservative election reception react to first exit polls being published at 1700GMT followed by a statement by CDU chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz.
BERLIN – Supporters of Germany’s far-right party AfD react to first exit polls being published at 1700GMT, AfD leader Alice Weidel is expected to give a first statement shortly after
BERLIN – Social Democratic supporters react to first exit polls being published at 1700GMT, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is expected to give a first statement
MONITOR FOR FURTHER POSSIBLE REACTIONS FROM 1700GMT
Greens - First reactions – First statement Front-runner Robert Habeck tbc
FDP (Liberals) First reactions – First statement Front-runner Christian Lindner tbc

Source: Reuters