Some call today’s German election boring, but it could produce a Brexit/Trump-like surprise.
Stakes are high as Germans take to the polls today for the 19th federal election since the founding of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1949.
The campaign season has been short and rather uneventful, especially by American standards, and Chancellor Angela Merkel seems to have a lock on the top job. However, some surprises may yet be in store — including the makeup of the coalition government she will lead in her fourth term and the makeup of the German Bundestag (parliament).