This important election has galvanised voters, and campaigning resumed on Saturday evening with a final discussion on national television, the ninth of the month

German voters are choosing their new government in an election dominated by worries about the years-long stagnation of Europe’s biggest economy, pressure to curb migration and growing uncertainty over the future of Ukraine and Europe’s alliance with the United States.

Germany’s center-right opposition is favored to win today’s election, while polls point to the strongest result for a far-right party since World War II.