Election campaign in Germany: "We are dealing with an unprecedented situation"
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Armin Laschet, candidate for Angela Merkel's succession from her party, the CDU, on August 25, 2021 at the Bundestag, in Berlin, in front of the Chancellor.
AFP - TOBIAS SCHWARZ
By: Jean-Baptiste Marot Follow
7 mins
The countdown is on in Germany: in less than a month, voters will be called to the polls for historic legislative elections.
Indeed, after 16 years in the chancellery, Angela Merkel will hand over.
“Mutti” as the Germans call her cannot be seen.
So who to succeed him?
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This is the big question of the moment and to everyone's surprise, its designated runner-up, the conservative Armin Laschet, is struggling in the campaign which is in full swing.
This is not the case with his Social Democratic opponent, Olaf Scholz, who was to go to support unions against the giant Amazon on Wednesday.
He is in great shape in the polls where his rating is skyrocketing.
Analysis of the current political situation across the Rhine, with
Jérôme Vaillant
, professor emeritus of German civilization at the University of Lille and director of the review
Germany today
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