The second TV triall could give the next clue for the federal election - especially for Olaf Scholz and Armin Laschet.
The ticker.
The second chancellor triall before the federal election * is on - on Sunday evening (September 12), ARD and ZDF invite you to the round of the three chancellor candidates.
The starting position: Olaf Scholz (SPD) * is the favorite in the race, Annalena Baerbock * and the Greens seem beaten.
Pressure is on Union candidate Armin Laschet * (CDU).
The CSU party congress on the weekend should bring the change of mood.
However, Laschet left the first triall defeated.
This news ticker is continuously updated on Sunday evening.
Berlin - It has been a long time since the outcome of a federal election * seemed so open: two weeks before election day, at least the SPD and CDU are still wrestling with the role of the new (or old) chancellor party.
Now it depends on nuances and moods.
Follower Armin Laschet (CDU) still has two opportunities on the big stage to improve his image and to bring the unexpected last-minute top dog Olaf Scholz * (SPD) into trouble.
Two TV trials are still pending.
Number 1 goes on this Sunday on ARD and ZDF.
What is the starting position before the next national election television event?
The overview:
Triell on ARD and ZDF: Olaf Scholz is the favorite - but could be faced with problems
Olaf Scholz:
The unthinkable weeks ago seems to be becoming a reality: The SPD Vice Chancellor is heading for the federal election as the favorite for the Chancellery. In the past few days, however, there have been the first warning signs for Scholz. In some surveys, the Union caught up again slightly *, Angela Merkel's finance minister also lost a noticeable loss in the Chancellor preference of the Germans. So far, all of this has been a concern at a high level: An Insa survey on Sunday * saw the SPD six percentage points ahead of the Union, and Scholz's lead in the institutes' K-questions is still downright overwhelming.
In the trial, however, Scholz will have to counter criticism.
Apparently massive grievances in a special customs unit * do not shed a good light on Scholz's department - customs are subordinate to the Ministry of Finance.
At the same time, the Greens recently increasingly targeted the SPD.
At an appearance in Munich, Baerbock mocked Scholz as a “man of the 90s” with a “policy of the 90s” and denounced the Social Democrats' failures in the fight against child poverty.
It will be exciting to see whether Scholz can keep his remarkable style in the second triall in view of these stumbling blocks: “Move as little as possible”, seemed to be his motto for the first edition.
Triell before the federal election: Laschet wants to go on the offensive - another defeat would be fatal
Armin Laschet:
The Union candidate has delivered a remarkably flawed election campaign so far - in the constant disruption of the CSU *.
And with a not necessarily convincing attack course in Triell # 1 *.
The turning point should now bring the CSU party conference on the weekend.
Laschet received standing ovations that lasted for minutes in Nuremberg, and the CSU delegates were also convinced in front of the TV cameras.
However, time is now of the essence.
And a bad impression in the TV three-way fight could quickly destroy hopes again.
The TV trio on ARD and ZDF
On Sunday (September 12th), the first and the ZDF will broadcast the second big round of the three candidates for chancellor from 8.15 p.m. The program lasts 95 minutes, the questions are asked by ARD editor-in-chief Oliver Köhr and ZDF talker Maybrit Illner *. The topics were not revealed in advance, but “moments of surprise” were promised. ARD and ZDF want to do without clips. Possibly it will be about digitization, RTL had left this field out in the first edition *.
The North Rhine-Westphalian has recently focused primarily on criticism of the SPD - and warnings about red-red-green.
"In all the decisions made in post-war history, social democrats were always on the wrong side," he said, for example at his CSU appearance.
The Union, however, stands for "staying on course".
According to lightning polls, Laschet emerged as a loser from the first triell.
The consequence could now be a change in strategy.
In any case, the candidate for chancellor has to deliver on Sunday.
Unlike in the street election campaign *, he cannot stay in the background on ARD and ZDF.
ARD-ZDF-Triell: Baerbock already without a chance?
Green is combative
Annalena Baerbock:
Unlike Laschet, the Greens continue to throw themselves fully into the marketplace election campaign - but at least they no longer seem to play a role with their party in the Chancellor's race. The gap to the SPD has recently increased massively in the polls - rather than being a successor to Merkel, Baerbock could now be concerned with not falling behind the FDP. The chancellor candidate was still combative. The
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she said in an interview: "If you even believe in it, everything is possible."
In the survey after the first Triell, Baerbock did well in terms of sympathy, but lagged far behind Scholz when it came to evaluating her leadership skills. It remains to be seen whether this problem can be resolved. Perhaps the verdict of the voters in this regard - after numerous mistakes and mistakes Baerbock in the election campaign, but also massive personal headwinds in the media and from the competition. (
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