Election reforms in Germany
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German political leaders are making their decisions at the end of the elections National election On Sunday, it’s the recent elections that show the competition is winning Angela Merkel, the former chancellor of this country, is growing.
Top three followers – Armin Laschet of CDU / CSU, Olaf Scholz Social Democrats and Greens’ Annalena Baerbock – holding their final meetings at the conference on Saturday and Saturday to encourage their audience and lead the unelected forces.
Recent polls show that Scholz’s SPD wants to win more votes, though its lead has slowed in recent days. The RTL radio poll on Friday put the SPD at 25%, the CDU / CSU at 22%, the Greens at 17% and the Free Democrats at 12%.
Merkel’s departure after 16 years as chancellor has opened this year’s election. For the first time in the history of post-war Germany, the incumbent chancellor does not represent an election, and the campaign has been unpredictable and unstable as a result.
The CDU / CSU, SPD and Greens have all led elections in some areas over the past few months and have experienced a 10-point change in their analysis.
Scholz, Germany’s finance minister and chancellor’s second-in-command, has the highest chance of becoming a chancellor. According to a recent poll, 47% of voters want to see Merkel’s successor, while 20% favor Laschet and 16% Baerbock.
The analysts say the outcome of the election is a “traffic-light” agreement – cited by the signatory types of parties – between the SDP, Greens and the FDP. However, the “Jamaica” alliance – named because the party affiliated with the Jamaican flag – between the CDU / CSU, Greens and the FDP is also possible. Another possible alternative is the “reddish-green” partnership between the SPD, Greens and Die Linke solid on the left.
The last one Debate on TV among those seeking to enter Thursday night was much larger than the previous three and included leaders of Germany’s Right-wing Movement, Die Linke and the FDP as well as leaders. Christian Lindner, FDP leader, also made clear what he wanted to do with the Jamaican alliance.
SPD nominee Olaf Scholz at Friday’s rally as parties form their final rounds for voters © Guido Kirchner / dpa
Green nominee Annalena Baerbock and her supporters at a meeting on Friday © Federico Gambarini / dpa
“Strategic co-operation is very important in Jamaica,” he said, adding that the FDP wants a “middle ground”, without “green debt and red tax increases”.
Meanwhile Laschet used the competition to warn of the dangers of the red-green alliance – a topic that has been constantly following throughout the process. “We need to be as strong as the CDU / CSU that this alliance is not possible,” he said.
At a rally in Potsdam on Thursday evening, Baerbock also said his party was the only way to change, saying the CDU / CSU and SPD, which have ruled together in the “big coalition” for the past eight years, have done little to advance climate change.
“We plan to take the lead in maintaining political neutrality, in the relationship between Europe and the US,” he said.
Although there were some dangerous greens on the group, most people were not identified. Others praised the Greens’ response to the changes and doubts about Baerbock’s powerlessness.
Stephan Berger, who attended the meeting with his daughter, said it was more difficult to make a decision than any previous decision.
“On the one hand, you have the opportunity to start new things. On the other hand, you know a lot about the government, “he said, speaking to Scholz, the finance minister who also served seven years as mayor of Hamburg, and Laschet, who is the prime minister of industry in North Rhine-Westphalia.
“He speaks very well,” he said, referring to Baerbock. “But the question is: can he be a chancellor? Can he be at the table with a Chinese leader? Does he have everything needed around the world?”