These are the key political figures in Germany's elections on Sunday - and likely the biggest players in the coalition negotiations that will follow: Olaf Scholz - centre-left Social Democratic Party (SPD) The current chancellor goes into the election as the much-weakened title defender.

According to POLITICO’s poll of polls updated right up to the election on Sunday, the SPD was on course to win 16 percent of the votes — delivering the worst election result for the party in Germany’s post-war history.

The contenders in Germany’s election are making their final appeals to voters. The opposition leader and front-runner vowed Saturday to revive the stagnant economy and defend Europe’s interests in the face of a confrontational U.

Germans vote in a national election on Sunday which is expected to see Friedrich Merz's conservatives regain power and the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) score its best ever result as Europe's ailing economic powerhouse lurches rightwards.

Germans are going to the polls on Sunday for national elections. Opinion polls suggest the outcome will be a new chancellor and, likely, a new governing coalition.

Germany's rival political leaders take their fight for votes right to the last minute before a pivotal election.