German opposition leader Friedrich Merz of the centre-right Christian Democrats (CDU) said that his party’s expected victory in the European Parliament election show German voters want a change of course. “Making a real course correction now is urgently necessary in the interests of our country, and I call on the federal government to do so in the coming days,” Merz said on Sunday evening. His remarks came shortly after the first exit polls were released, showing his conservative CDU/CSU bloc with a clear lead at around 30% and the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) in second place. “With…