TV duel slat: Chancellor candidates are finally facing each other!

TV duel slat: Chancellor candidates are finally facing each other!

In the run-up to the Bundestag election 2025, the TV duel from ARD and ZDF, in which the Chancellor candidates respond to the questions of the audience, is eagerly awaited. On February 13, Olaf Scholz (SPD), Friedrich Merz (CDU), Robert Habeck (Greens) and Alice Weidel (AfD) appear in a 140-minute broadcast under the title "Clar Text", as ZDF recently announced. This program not only represents an important step in the campaign strategy, but also ends the controversy about the previous exclusion of Habeck and Weidel from the duels. Merkur reported that the men Scholz and Merz before stood, which led to considerable resentment among the Greens and the AfD.

questions of the citizens in the focus

As part of the "Plain Text" program, citizens are given the opportunity to interact directly with the top candidates and ask their own questions. The ZDF editor-in-chief Bettina Schausten and moderator Christian Sievers lead the event, which is intended as an important platform for a direct dialogue between the voters and the potential government members. In addition, citizens have already submitted questions about social media and the zdfheute.de website in advance to bring their concerns about government work and future federal leadership, such as Focus emphasized.

When the next campaign highlights will follow, it is also clear: On February 20, a "final round" will take place, which gathered all top candidates. These developments show that the election campaign is becoming more and more intensive and the parties do everything they can to present themselves to the voters.