Devastating exchange of blows: Chancellor candidates in the heated TV duel!

Devastating exchange of blows: Chancellor candidates in the heated TV duel!

A week before the Bundestag election in Germany, an intensive TV duel between the four candidates for chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD), Friedrich Merz (CDU), Robert Habeck (Greens) and Alice Weidel (AfD) took place on Sunday href = "https://www.oe24.at/welt/deutschland-politik/bundestag elections-schlchach-jungelcamp-im-tv-quadrell/624091964" target = "_ blank"> oe24.at reported . In the round moderated by RTL, controversial positions on topics such as migration, economy and finance came to light. Scholz emphasized that he wanted to continue to reduce irregular immigration and referred to an increase in deportations by 70 percent. Merz countered with the demand for talks with the Taliban in Afghanistan, while Habeck described the Taliban as the "terrorist regime". Weidel made it clear that "loss of control" was not acceptable.

In addition, the controversial speech by the US Vice President J.D. Vance at the Munich security conference for heat in the duel. Scholz declared Vances statements as unacceptable and pointed out the teachings from history. Merz repeatedly referred to the incompatibility of a conversation with the AfD. These heated debates were interrupted by humorous moments when the candidates were asked what was worse for them: the opposition or the jungle camp. Weidel and Merz clearly chose the jungle camp as the worse.

economic issues and corruption in focus

In terms of financial policy, it was agreed that a socially just tax policy was necessary, while Merz Scholz 'and Habeck's approaches criticized as unsuccessful. Scholz spoke in favor of a stronger taxation of higher incomes and noted that 95 percent of taxpayers should be relieved. In this heated discussion, the topic of corruption was also cut. Scholz defended itself against the claim that German politics is corrupt, while zdf reported on the results of the corruption index In international comparison, put under pressure in international comparison.

In comparison of the surveys, CDU/CSU is currently 29 to 32 percent, followed by the AfD at 20 to 21 percent, while the SPD is noted at 14 to 16 percent and the Greens at 12 to 14 percent. More and more voters are undecided, which increases the importance of such TV duel formats because the parties are trying to gain the last trust. Soon the candidates will compete against each other in other formats such as the ARD "Wahlarena" and a duel at World TV.