The three parties in German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s governing coalition took a severe hit in Sunday’s elections to the European Parliament, together securing less than a third of the vote, according to projections, well behind the conservative opposition CDU/CSU bloc. The coalition parties – the Social Democrats (SDP), the Greens and the free-market liberal Free Democrats (FDP) all came in behind the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), according to projections from public broadcaster ARD. While the AfD increased its share of the vote considerably, its result was not as strong as pre-el…