Germany's Finance Minister Olaf Scholz bolsters his position after a final three-way televised debate, with the race to succeed Chancellor Angela Merkel in a dead heat
From Olaf Scholz, Annalena Baerbock and Armin Laschet pose for pictures before a"Triell" television debate on September 19, 2021 in Berlin.
"Scholz was a little punchier than in the previous debates but still the most Merkel-like and statesmanlike," the top-selling daily Bild said. Although the Social Democrats with around 25-percent support currently have a two-to-six point lead over Laschet's CDU/CSU bloc, the outcome is still considered open given likely shifts as the returns come in next Sunday.
However he stressed that after four terms of conservative-led rule, three of them in a "grand coalition" with the Social Democrats as junior partner, "the CDU belongs in the opposition".
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