Germany: these voters do not dress like you when they are going to vote

Germany - This September 26, the Germans are called to the ballot box for the legislative elections.This vote is unique this year because it ends 16 years of power by Angela Merkel.The Chancellor leaves her place in a match which promises to be very tight between social democrats and conservatives.

Among these 60 million voters expected at polling stations, there are the Bavarians.Images from Munich or Benediktbeern stand out.Residents have decided to come and dressed in their traditional clothes, as you can see in the video above.Women wear the “Bollenhut”, a traditional hat in the Black Forest region in southern Germany.

Its 14 pompoms arranged in the shape of a cross are supposed to have inspired the cherries that adorn the cake of the same name.Traditionally, unmarried women wear red pompoms, while married women wear blacks.In men, it is the "lederhosen" that is out.This is short panties with suspenders arriving over the knees.For each big election and big event, some Bavarians come out their party clothes.

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The Germans have until 6 p.m. until elected their deputies and around 40% said they were still undecided a few days before this crucial vote for the first European economy.The prognosis is still made more complicated by the weight of correspondence vote, favored by many voters, including Angela Merkel, 67 who will leave the political scene after four terms.

The name of the future chancellor and the composition of its probable majority may thus not be known on Sunday evening and long negotiations will be necessary in the coming months to form the future coupling.With the risk of causing European paralysis until the first quarter of 2022.

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