With the approach of the German legislative elections of September 26, The world keeps the campaign log. A daily update, with events, images, polls, clips, slogans, figures and keywords that allow you to follow and experience this electoral competition at the end of which Angela Merkel will leave power, after sixteen years in the chancellery.
It had to be a “triel”. It was first a duel. Two weeks before the German legislative elections, the televised debate between the three candidates for Angela Merkel’s succession, Sunday, September 12, was above all a face-to-face between the conservative Armin Laschet (CDU-CSU) and the social -Democrat Olaf Scholz (SPD).
According to a hot poll, Olaf Scholz did not come out weakened. On the contrary, according to 41% of those questioned, he was the most convincing in the whole debate, ahead of Armin Laschet (27%) and Annalena Baerbock (25%). According to this survey, it is also he who appeared to be the most competent (49%) and the most credible (39%).
On two points, on the other hand, it is the candidate of the Greens who obtains the best scores. For 41% of viewers, she was the most energetic, ahead of Olaf Scholz (28%) and Armin Laschet (25%), but also the most sympathetic (39%), five points ahead of the Social Democrat and twenty-one points in front of the curator.
Here are some of the statements made by the three candidates on Sunday evening during their debate on the ARD and the ZDF:
– Annalena Baerbock
“The next government is the last that can have a real influence on the climate crisis. “
“We must get out of coal faster than expected, at least well before 2038” [calendrier actuellement prévu par le gouvernement].
– Armin Laschet
“If my finance minister worked like you, we would have a problem” [à Olaf Scholz, auquel le candidat de la CDU-CSU a reproché son manque de détermination dans la lutte contre le blanchiment d’argent].
“We must be able to produce masks and medical products in Europe” [réponse à la question : « Quelle leçon tirez-vous de la crise du Covid-19 ? »].
– Olaf Scholz
“We must guarantee [aux actifs d’aujourd’hui] that there will be no increase in the retirement age and that contributions will not increase. “
“We are promoting the vaccine. I think it is this moderate path that is followed in Germany ” [expliquant pourquoi il est opposé à la vaccination obligatoire].