German voters are heading to the polls for a national election. The race pits the incumbent chancellor against the opposition leader, the vice chancellor and a leader of a far-right ...
Alternative for Germany appears to be heading for its strongest national election result yet this month and is fielding its first candidate to lead the country.
Immigration is the defining issue not only of the Feb. 23 election, where AfD has a strong foothold, but the entirety of modern German political discourse.
What Germans decide in national elections that are likely to produce a new chancellor will be of critical importance as Europe re-evaluates relations with the Trump administration.
Polling stations opened at 8am (7am GMT) with more than 59 million Germans eligible to vote and first estimates based on exit polls expected after polls close at 6pm (5pm GMT).