Germany: the last meetings before Sunday’s legislative elections

In Germany, the legislative campaign ended this Friday evening. The various candidates held their last meetings to try to convince the voters.

• Armin Laschet and the CDU / CSU Conservatives

Outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel came to support Armin Laschet, the leader of her conservative CDU / CSU party. It is moreover in one of the strongholds of the Christian Democratic Party, in Munich in Bavaria, that this final meeting took place.

In his speech, Armin Laschet attacked the social democratic party SPD, slightly favored in the polls.

For her part, Angela Merkel called on voters to vote for Armin Laschet so that Germany “stay fixed”.

“For Germany to remain stable, Armin Laschet must become Federal Chancellor“, she affirmed during this meeting.

• Olaf Schoz and the Social Democrats of the SPD

For his part, the candidate of the Social Democratic Party held his final campaign meeting in Cologne.

Olaf Scholz, until then Minister of Finance in the last Merkel government, hopes to become the future chancellor.

And Olaf Scholz, to add to the attention of voters of the 3rd age: “There will be no further increase in the retirement age, and we are committed to keeping retirement pensions stable.“

• Annalena Baerbock and The Greens

The environmental party had invited its activists to Düsseldorf, around its leader, Annalena Baerbock.

As environmental issues are increasingly central to public opinion, the Greens hope to benefit from them at the polls this Sunday.

• Alice Weidel and the far-right AfD party

Finally, the far-right AfD, Alternative for Germany party organized a rally in Berlin.

This party created a sensation 4 years ago when it entered the Bundestag. But today it seems to be worth it.

So to remobilize her troops, the leader attacks the vaccination campaign.

The AfD is the only party not to call for vaccination.

Ballot: instructions for use

This Sunday, the 60 million German voters are called to the polls to choose their deputies.

There are 598 seats in power in the Bundestag, the lower house of parliament. And it is these deputies who will designate the one who will occupy the chancellery in place of Angela Merkel.