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TV triumph: Armin Laschet aggressive, Annalena Baerbock active, Olaf Scholz statesmanlike

2021-08-30T14:22:45.270Z


For Annalena Baerbock, Olaf Scholz and Armin Laschet, the first TV triall was about a lot. SPIEGEL editor Veit Medick analyzes how the candidate and the two candidates fared.


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Annalena Baerbock, Olaf Scholz and Armin Laschet had almost two hours to promote themselves and their ideas and to put their political opponents on the defensive.

The first triell - how did it go for the candidate?

Armin Laschet was very aggressive - did the strategy work?

Veit Medick, DER SPIEGEL


“I have to say that I really liked the way Armin Laschet performed. Well, he's under massive pressure after all. And now he has to show that he wants to go to this Chancellery. He has to show the will to win and so on. Yes, he's totally on the defensive. Nothing has been going on in the last few weeks and months, and he needs a turnaround now. And he can't just stand there and play down a TV debate as normal. There has to be a bit of energy there. And I think he had it yesterday. The disadvantage is, of course, such a demeanor, first of all it seems easily irritable, there have been a few moments where you thought: Oh, Armin again. And he also seems a bit of a challenger. And of course that is actually an impossible position from the Union's point of view. So,Of course, every candidate for Union Chancellor actually sees itself as the top favorite in the federal elections. And that is no longer the case at the moment. It's all about it, there are only four weeks left and it is totally open how this choice will turn out. And one thing is very clear: Armin Laschet now needs momentum in the next few days and weeks. "

Laschet spoke up with enthusiasm, for example, when Olaf Scholz did not want to rule out an alliance with the left.

Veit Medick, DER SPIEGEL


“I mean, you can't play like Angela Merkel and talk like Saskia Esken. You don't seriously believe the things you just said here. I found a very good moment from Armin Laschet, this attack on Scholz because of the left alliance. Scholz seemed almost a bit unprepared for my term, although it was actually totally to be expected that the left alliance would now be a topic again in this TV triall. And I believe that this issue is quite important for the question of mobilizing the Union. Whether your own clientele, namely your own Christian Democrats, will actually vote on election Sunday depends a little on the question of how afraid they are of this left-wing alliance. So I think it's strategically wiseto play this theme from Laschet's point of view. "

Olaf Scholz reacted to Laschet's torrent of words as in the entire discussion: a few decibels quieter, calm, emphatically statesmanlike.

Peter Klöppel, RTL presenter


"It must be stated with the left: We are committed to NATO, to Germany's membership in NATO."

Olaf Scholz, SPD candidate for chancellor


"That has to be in every coalition agreement."

Veit Medick, DER SPIEGEL


“Yes, Scholz is a phenomenon. So, when he's talking in such a TV triad, you can confidently go to the refrigerator or even to the toilet, because you know that nothing earth-shattering is going to happen anyway. Is that bad from his point of view now? No I do not think so. Scholz does what the Italians did in football in the sixties and seventies. He plays Catenacio, the famous defensive tactic that is terribly tiring to watch, also destructive and uninspiring in a way, but put it in the back, close it up, just not concede a goal. This is obviously his tactic and strategy now. And in surveys he is at least on a par with the Union, in some even a bit ahead, so that can go well from his point of view. He now has to see to it not to make any mistakes.And you saw yesterday that he is very focused on executing this strategy. "

Annalena Baerbock, Green Chancellor candidate


»You two are now saying: We'll just carry on as before.

We're just accelerating planning a little. "

And Annalena Baerbock?

The Green scored points on the climate crisis, and she managed to highlight the contrast between her and the two other candidates.

Veit Medick, DER SPIEGEL


“Well, she's young and energetic, and against these older men she seems like something new, something special. She presents herself as a fighter against the status quo and is well versed in one of the top issues, climate policy, of course. Well, I think it has already stabilized by then. But she was also very lucky, you have to say, that all of her mistakes of the last weeks and months were not discussed in this TV triall. You have to say that nothing went wrong with the Greens. And that they are still within reach at all, within striking distance of the Union and the SPD, is actually almost a miracle after these catastrophic months. But I think with her appearance she was also able to give her own people the feeling: Hey, I'm still here and we can still crack something.The federal government must set the course for climate neutrality in our country. "

110 minutes of discussion on television, one month before the election - how important is such an evening for the candidates, for the parties, for the outcome of the election?

Veit Medick, DER SPIEGEL


“I think it's very, very important. Just because of the number of spectators. Millions of Germans are watching. For some it is the first time ever to get an idea of ​​these three candidates. And it is pretty crucial how you appear there, also how personable you appear. It is not always just a matter of content and your own program and the question of whether you can now reproduce your own election program as perfectly memorized as possible, but how staged, how do you show yourself as a person, how do you show yourself as Politicians, how approachable are you? Yes, you have to imagine it, they are sitting in the living room of the Germans for an hour and a half, so to speak. That's why I think it's a very, I would almost say, a very intimate moment, such a TV trilogy and very important.Those who fail and who make a mistake can also drop sharply in the momentum, in the surveys. And there are still two TV trials. In this respect, I would say that nothing has happened yet. There are still four weeks until the general election, so a lot can happen. "

Source: spiegel

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