The German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and the chief of the opposition Friedrich Merz call on the voters with a view to Sunday elections.
German politicians launched their last calls to voters on Saturday on the eve of the Snap crucial elections in which the Conservatives are the frontrunners and the far right should make earnings.
The favorite of the Friedrich Merz elections of the Party of the Christian Christian Christian Union (CDU) of Center-Direct (CDU) promised to revive the greatest European economy and to defend the interests of Europe in the face of a conflicting American administration.
Merz said: “With me, Germany will again have a strong voice in the European Union.”
“Europe must be a player and may not ask to get a seat at an extra table,” he told a jubilant crowd in Munich.
“No, we have to sit at the main table; And we must protect our interests against Russia, against China, and if necessary also with regard to America. »»
“Europe must be a player and may not ask to get a seat at an extra table,” he said, adding: “No, we have to sit at the main table.”
However, he said: “We will only gain respect in this European Union if we finally overcome the economic weakness of our country.” What he added was “massively house”.
The CDU party is currently carrying out surveys and holds 30%.
Sunday’s vote comes at a time of upheaval for Europe as a whole and its greatest economy, in particular, because the American president Donald Trump ended a United West position on the war of Ukraine by tending the hand in Russia.
Trump’s threats from a trade war express more problems to come for Germany, after its economy has decreased in the past two years, and as it faces bitter social polarization immigration and security.
Sunday’s vote takes place more than half year before the calendar after the three coalition of Chancellor Olaf Scholz between his Social Democrats, the Greens and the PRO-Business FDP collapsed in early November.
Voting should give a historic result to the extreme right alternative for Germany (AFD), which was interviewed secondly at around 20%, stimulated by anger against a series of deadly knife attacks and Car strokes attributed to immigrants.
Friday, a 30 -year -old Spanish man was injured in a stabbing incident at the Berlin Holocaust Memorial. Barely 10 days before the elections, an Afghan was arrested for driving a car through a street rally in Munich, killing two people.
AFD received strong support from the inner circle of Trump, with the technological billionaire Elon Musk and the vice-president JD Vance to support the party.
AFD’s rise in power of power was a “central task” of the elections, Scholz told Potsdam voters.
“The uncertainty about the future has increased and the response to this must be to ensure that our country is still as far in 10, 20, 30 years as we are today,” said Scholz during of the campaign event.
The Chancellor’s office holder underlined his support for Ukraine and called for more expenses to stimulate the German defenses.
“We have not left Ukraine alone, that should not and should not happen in the future,” said Scholz, whose three years in power have been largely defined by the invasion of Russia.
“We must make sure that Europe is strong enough in itself so that we can use deterrence to prevent war in Europe.”
