SPD Chancellor candidate Olaf Scholz recently had to put up with the accusation of imitating Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Now there is the next criticism from the CDU.
Hamburg - According to surveys, Olaf Scholz is by far the most popular candidate for chancellor.
The SPD politician has significantly better approval ratings than the competition between the Union (Armin Laschet) and the Greens (Annalena Baerbock).
Because his appearance is based on Chancellor Angela Merkel?
The current Vice Chancellor has recently had to put up with this accusation several times.
Health Minister Jens Spahn (CDU) is now also expressing it.
Bundestag election: imitation of Merkel?
Spahn accuses Scholz of "a bit of inheritance stealth"
Spahn described Scholz's good surveys as “a bit of inheritance stealth”.
Showing the diamond gesture, he said at the event “One hour of TIME with Jens Spahn” in Hamburg: “Your former mayor is standing there and pretending to be Merkel in male, which does not affect politics in his The program is up ”.
Nevertheless, this impression could have persisted with the people so far.
Spahn is using exactly the words of Markus Söder, who recently accused Scholz of imitating Merkel.
It is strange that Scholz is portraying himself as Merkel's successor, although this is "of course not true," said the CSU boss in the ARD summer interview.
"This is a kind of inheritance sneaking."
This is not to be accepted.
Bundestag election: Merkel concerns Scholz - "a huge difference between him and me"
The comparison between Scholz and Merkel had recently increasingly become an election issue.
Scholz had himself
photographed
for the
Süddeutsche Zeitung
with his hands folded into a diamond - the Chancellor's trademark.
The long-time head of government, who after 16 years in office will no longer run for the federal election, then spoke up publicly and reproached Scholz.
Merkel called on Scholz to show a clear edge with regard to possible cooperation after the federal election.
"With me as Chancellor, there would never be a coalition in which the left is involved," said Merkel firmly.
"Whether this is shared by Olaf Scholz or not remains to be seen." In this context it is "so that there is a huge difference between me and him for the future of Germany".
She also stated that she expected “that very clear statements about the continuation of government work will be required in the future, regardless of the constellation”.
In particular, "if you refer to me".
Video: Merkel's attack: "Tremendous difference between me and Scholz"
When asked whether Scholz was underestimated, the Minister of Health asked Jens Spahn: “Don't we all have that in common? In the end, until a few months ago, everyone in Germany thought it was going to be a duel between the Union and the Greens. ”However, the current reality of the survey looks different. The SPD is the strongest force. Why is that? Five reasons for the current soaring of the Social Democrats.
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