Infographic: All you need to know about Germany’s elections

Germans go to the polls on Sunday. Here’s what you need to know about the parties, leaders, and key election issues.

On September 26, 60.4 million eligible voters in Germany will head to the polls to choose the 20th Bundestag.

For the first time since German reunification, conservative Chancellor Angela Merkel will not be a candidate. She served as leader of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) for 20 years and has been in power for 16 years.

The campaign period has focused on issues such as the climate crisis and reducing carbon emissions, tackling the COVID-19 pandemic and the economic fallout it triggered, social welfare, innovation in digitalisation, and the government’s support for the European Union and NATO.