Around 50 parties will be competing for votes in Germany’s parliamentary elections, from the big-name Social Democrats and Christian Democrats to the tiny Gray Panthers, Humanists and Pirates to the controversial far-right AfD. How to choose? For decades, the Wahl-o-Mat (“Vote-o-Mat”) has helped Germans find their way through a crowded political field. Valerie Hamilton reports from Munich.
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