Nicolas Baverez: "Germany in unknown land"

The German legislative election of September 26 arouses in France an indifference as strange as it is unfounded.

Due to the downgrading of our country, Germany is in fact the only leader of the Union and of the euro zone, whose orientations influence the situation of the whole of Europe.

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Germany is experiencing the most volatile election campaign since Gerhard Schröder's snatch victory in 2002, thanks to its opposition to the Iraq war and its empathy for the flood victims in the East.

Three candidates are fighting for the Chancellery: Annalena Baerbock for the Greens, after a dazzling start, saw her chances reduced by her plagiarism book as well as the approximations of her CV and her tax declarations;

Armin Laschet for the CDU-CSU squandered his lead

by dint of mistakes and clumsiness;

Olaf Scholz for the SPD created a surprise

by establishing himself as the champion of stability, even the natural heir of Angela Merkel.

The narrowing of the gaps multiplies the

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