Peer Steinbrück (SPD) accuses Chancellor Olaf Scholz of a lack of leadership. The former candidate for chancellor is also taking on the FDP.
He particularly criticized FDP General Secretary Bijan Djir-Sarai's considerations for a coalition between the Liberals and the Union. “To expect politicians to provide fully comprehensive insurance against all conceivable risks, but to declare them incompetent or worse at the regulars’ table or at the champagne reception, that’s not right,” he said.