France, Feb. 23 -- This Sunday, Germans cast their ballots in a widely observed, nationwide election. After a day of demonstrations, Berliners turned out to vote at the numerous polling stations across the capital. RFI's Jan van der Made spoke to some of the electorate who turned out.

This Sunday, 23 February, polling stations opened at 08:00 AM. More than 59 million Germans are eligible to vote. Exit polls are expected soon after polls close at 6:00 PM.

An election worker, clad in a yellow vest, opens the door for incoming and outgoing voters at the polling station in Bulow Street, housed for the occasion in a home for the elderly.

He says there have been "quite some voters" coming in as soon as the station opened. "It's an important ...