{"id":17965,"date":"2021-09-07T17:00:18","date_gmt":"2021-09-07T12:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/?p=17965"},"modified":"2021-09-07T16:37:28","modified_gmt":"2021-09-07T11:37:28","slug":"merkel-goes-all-out-for-laschet-as-party-lags-in-polls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/latest-world-news\/merkel-goes-all-out-for-laschet-as-party-lags-in-polls\/","title":{"rendered":"Merkel goes all out for Laschet as party lags in polls"},"content":{"rendered":"

Berlin, Sept 7 (AFP\/APP):German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday lauded her party’s candidate Armin Laschet as the best choice to succeed her, as polls showed the gaffe-prone Rhinelander still trailing badly ahead of this month’s election.<\/p>\n

Laschet, the chancellor candidate for Merkel’s conservative CDU\/CSU bloc, was long the favourite to be the next German leader, but his ratings have plummeted following a series of missteps.
\nThe frontrunner is now Vice Chancellor and Finance Minister Olaf Scholz, whose centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) are enjoying a late spurt in the final weeks before the September 26 vote.<\/p>\n

“It is a special election, not only because no incumbent chancellor is running for re-election for the first time since 1949,” the outgoing Merkel said in what was likely her last speech in parliament ahead of the vote.<\/p>\n

“It is also a special election because it is a decision on the direction of our country in difficult times — and it is not irrelevant who governs this country,” she said.<\/p>\n

“The best way for our country is a CDU\/CSU-led federal government with Armin Laschet as chancellor, because his government would stand for stability, reliability, moderation and centrism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Berlin, Sept 7 (AFP\/APP):German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday lauded her party’s candidate Armin Laschet as the best choice to succeed her, as polls showed the gaffe-prone Rhinelander still trailing badly ahead of this month’s election. Laschet, the chancellor candidate for Merkel’s conservative CDU\/CSU bloc, […]<\/p>\n

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