Scholz's coalition suffers defeat at EU polls: exit polls

(ANSA-AFP) - BERLIN, 09 GIU - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's troubled coalition suffered Sunday a stinging defeat at the European elections, with all three parties in his government coming in behind the conservatives and the far right, exit polls showed. Scholz's Social Democrats garnered its worse result in history at 14 percent, trailing second place AfD at between 16 and 16.5 percent, and well behind the conservative CDU-CSU bloc's 29.5 percent, according to the polls published by national broadcasters ARD and ZDF. Scholz's coalition partners Greens recorded just 12-12.5 percent while the liberal FDP won five percent. (ANSA-AFP).