03:20⇢Merz Claims Victory As Coalition Looms
⌨The newspapers extensively report on the German election results, with CDU/CSU winning under Merz but facing complex coalition formation challenges with SPD (NOS, NRC, RTL, Trouw, FD). AfD has emerged as the second-largest party, while two parties failed to meet electoral threshold (NOS). Separately, over hundred Dutch companies face sanctions for Russian war-machine connections (AD), and tech company Bird announces departure from Amsterdam (Parool).