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“So we have to go (vote) with full confidence, in a nutshell, for Germany. To preserve Germany’s stability, Armin Laschet must become chancellor, and the CDU and CSU must be the strongest force,” said the Friday the chancellor on the conservative candidate.
Social Democratic Party (SPD) candidate Olaf Scholz, one of the favorites in the elections at the time, said early Friday that his country needed to “change government” after Merkel’s 16-year leadership.
“We need a new German start and we need a change of government, and we want a government led by the SPD,” current finance minister and vice chancellor Scholz told his supporters in western Cologne.
The country will go to the polls if Chancellor Merkel decides to leave the political arena.
Two real candidates remain in the fight for the post of chancellor: the Social Democrat O.Scholz and A. Laschet of A. Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU).
Public opinion polls show that O.Scholz has a small gap ahead of A. Laschet: they are supported by about 26 and 22 percent, respectively. surveyed. Greens candidate Annalena Baerbock is far behind them.
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