Projected results in Germany show the centre-right CDU/CSU bloc with a clear lead in European parliamentary elections, with the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) taking second place. Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s coalition suffered at the polls, according to the projected results from public broadcaster ARD, with his Social Democrats (SPD) and his primary coalition partners, the Greens, both trailing the AfD. Scholz’s SPD slipped to 13.9% to 14%, according to the projections. That would be the worst result in a nationwide election for the centre-left SPD since at least 1949, when West Germany…