The Economist.
Hello and welcome to the Intelligence from the Economist.
I'm your host, Jason Palmer.
Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.
Part of Donald Trump's rapidly shifting policy
on Ukraine is the claim that America has spent far more money than other allies have,
notably Europe.
We dig into the numbers.
Spoiler alert.
He's wrong.
And if you've had a relatively distinguished career, have good personal and communication skills,
and fancy a real change, Britain's parliament may have an offer for you.
Be warned, though, you're going to have to wear tights.
First up, though, some of what happened overnight in Germany went entirely as expected.
The Christian Democratic Union and its sister Christian Social Union topped the poll with 29%.
The CDU's leader, Friedrich Merz, will be Chancellor.
As expected, the hard right alternative For Germany,
or AfD party had its best ever national result by a factor of two, 21% of the vote.
A bit more surprising was the poor showing of the Social Democrats,
or spd, which led the outgoing government.