BERLIN, Germany – German Chancellor Angela Merkel casts her ballot in Berlin in a general election widely predicted to land her a fourth term, but a possible strong showing by hard-right nationalists could cloud her victory.
Wearing black trousers and a red blazer, Merkel smiles for photographers as she drops her voting paper into a ballot box at a polling station near her flat in central Berlin.
Her husband Joachim Sauer accompanies the chancellor of 12 years into the station, holding up an umbrella to shield them from light rain.
Merkel’s conservative CDU party, along with its Bavarian sister party the CSU, holds a double-digit lead in the polls over their nearest rivals, the Social Democrats led by Martin Schulz.
Surveys suggest the anti-Islam, anti-immigration Alternative for Germany (AfD) party could win its first seats in the national parliament and emerge as the third-strongest party, in what would cause a political earthquake in Germany.
— AFP
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