[https://edition.cnn.com/2021/09/26/europe/angela-merkel-german-chancellor-election-grm-intl/index.html](https://edition.cnn.com/2021/09/26/europe/angela-merkel-german-chancellor-election-grm-intl/index.html) >"Germans are heading to the polls Sunday to vote in a closely fought federal election that will, in the coming days or weeks, result in a new chancellor taking the helm of the world's fourth-largest economy."