The Social Democrat candidate for chancellor unexpectedly defeats his opponents – calmly, without big mistakes, gestures or words. When the party sent the current finance minister to the chancellor, his nomination was accompanied by teasing remarks.
The SPD has been almost defeated in recent years, and Scholz was expected to watch helplessly as the Conservatives and Greens duel. However, the latest survey for German public television yielded a surprising result. The SPD clearly leads in it.
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“The Social Democrats are in the shadow of Olaf Scholz. He has long been significantly more popular than his party, “says political scientist Gero Neugebauer. In the campaign, the Social Democrats rely almost exclusively on Scholz’s face and his reputation as the Federal Minister of Finance. Even in his past, however, there are moments that may complicate the end of the election campaign.
Scholz led Hamburg when violent protests in 2017 accompanied G20 meetings in the German capital. Scholz allegedly underestimated the risk. As in the case of the biggest financial scandal in modern German history. As head of the state coffers, critics are responsible for the fact that almost two billion euros disappeared from its accounts in the collapse of Wirecard.
Criticism from Merkel
At the end of August, the current Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke out against Scholz. According to her, the leader of the Social Democrats could rule with the post-communist party Levice. “In this context, there is simply a huge difference for Germany’s future between me and him,” Merkel said.
Scholz mainly benefits from the mistakes of his opponents. CDU chief Armin Laschet wants to restart the election campaign by introducing his election team. The CDU / CSU has the lowest support in history. Moreover, only fourteen percent of Germans consider Laschet himself to be the most capable candidate. In the case of the President of the Greens, Analenna Baerbock, it is only seven percent.
German voters will go to the polls on September 26.
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