Christoph Mücher, the director of the Goethe-Institut Australia, reflects on the mood among the Germans in Australia ahead of this weekend's snap German election.
Voters in Germany, the EU's largest member state, are casting their ballots in snap elections at a turning point for the country's future direction on economics, immigration and foreign policy.
As one of the largest groups within the global German diaspora, members of the German community in Australia will be among those voting in the German election from overseas.
About 4 per cent (1,026,138) of Australia's population have German ancestry, according to the 2021 census. That includes 101,255 people born in Germany now living Australia.
In this episode of Weekend One on One, Biwa Kwan spoke with Christoph Mücher, the director of the Goethe-Institut Australia, which was established 53 years ago with the mission statement to promote cultural exchange, education and societal discourse in an international context.
He says Germans in Australia have shown a strong desire to exercise their democratic right to vote in this snap election
