German voters go to the polls Sunday to elect a parliament that will determine who runs the country for the next four years.

While the plans have won praise from German allies abroad, who grew weary of inaction under outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Merz faces a desperate scramble to push them through parliament.

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BERLIN, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Germany's populist political parties look set to win enough seats to potentially gum up the workings of parliament - even if they don't form part of the next administration.

(AP Photo/Markus Schreiber), File FILE - General view inside the empty plenary hall of the German parliament Bundestag ... a meadow in Nieder-Erlenbach near Frankfurt, Germany, Feb. 5, 2025.

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How easy it is to form a government may depend in part on how many parties are in the new parliament. Opinion polls show three parties hovering around the 5% of the vote needed to win seats.