Germany's conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian CSU sister party are topping polls for the election on February 23 and are likely to lead the next government.

Germany's Christian Democratic Union, with its CSU sibling, leads pre-election polls. The CDU aims to cut bureaucracy, support digitalization and investments, enhance energy policy, and maintain fiscal discipline.

The CDU has pledged to retain Germany's debt brake, a constitutional mechanism that caps the federal government's deficit to a mere 0.35% of output and that has been criticised fo

Before Sunday's Bundestag elections, the Christian Democrats maintain a clear lead. The Left Party has gained slightly, according to the latest poll by the Forsa Institute. Support for other parties remains at a similar level.