On Sunday, the final debate will be held ahead of the German election and competition will intensify.

After 16 years as Chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel will now hand over the baton.

Three people are running to take her place.

The Christian Democrats (DCU / CSU) Armin Laschet, who rules Germany's largest federal state, Nordhein-Westfahlen, does not want to make any major changes in his policy.

The Social Democrats (SPD) Olaf Sholz, who is Minister of Finance, talks about a fairer Germany.

And Annalena Baerbock, who leads the environmental party (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), wants to invest heavily in digitization.

In the video, SVT's foreign reporter Christoffer Wendick gives you what you need to know, and some things that can be fun to know, about the three candidates.