France, Feb. 20 -- On Sunday, Germans will vote in an election that could shape both their country's future and that of the European Union. While the hard-right AfD gains support, centrist and left-leaning parties struggle to tackle key issues such as immigration, inflation, and whether to back US President Donald Trump's efforts to end the war in Ukraine.
More than 59 million Germans are eligible to vote.
At stake are the composition of parliament, the selection of a new Chancellor, the balance of political power, and Germany's role - alongside France - as a cornerstone of the European Union's stability.
The cabinet of Olaf Scholz, which was dissolved after a no-confidence vote on 7 November, was made up of a coalition between Scholz's ...