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.

Germans vote in a national election on Sunday which is expected to see Friedrich Merz's conservatives regain power and the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) score its best ever result as Europe's ailing economic powerhouse lurches rightwards.

Germans go to the polls on Sunday, after an intense election campaign dominated by their country's faltering economy and a succession of deadly attacks that have made migration and security a focal issue.