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Bundestag election 2021: These are the reactions after the second triell

2021-09-13T06:12:28.729Z


The FDP and the Left are disillusioned with the Chancellery after the second triad. And CSU boss Söder expects a turnaround for the Union after Laschet's appearance.


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Second triumph for the Chancellery: Scholz, Baerbock and Laschet in the TV studio

Photo: Michael Kappeler / POOL / EPA

For the second time, the three candidates for Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Annalena Baerbock and Armin Laschet competed against each other in a TV debate.

But who was able to convince at the Triell for the Chancellery?

According to Markus Söder, there can only be one answer to this question.

"That was a convincing performance and a clear win on points for Armin Laschet," said the CSU boss on Sunday evening immediately after the broadcast in Munich.

Even after the first TV triumph, Söder saw Laschet as the clear winner.

Now he expects a change of mood in favor of the Union.

"This is a trend reversal and gives tailwind for the final spurt," said the Bavarian Prime Minister.

As expected, the CDU boss is also the "clear winner on points" for CSU general secretary Markus Blume.

SPD candidate for chancellor "Scholz swims in scandals: raid in the Federal Ministry of Finance, Cum-Ex and Wirecard".

Blume particularly criticized the fact that Scholz and the Green Chancellor candidate Baerbock did not rule out a coalition with the left.

And CDU General Secretary Paul Ziemiak is also satisfied with Laschet's appearance in the Triell.

»Today we saw a convincing Armin Laschet.

He was the only candidate in chancellor format and so it was an exciting and very good evening, «said Ziemiak immediately after the broadcast.

The TV debate is viewed quite differently by the Social Democrats.

From the point of view of SPD General Secretary Lars Klingbeil, Scholz was completely convincing at the Triell.

“He's shown that he's chancellor-style.

He has shown that he has ideas on how we can now advance the country in difficult times, «Klingbeil told ZDF immediately after the broadcast.

Scholz provided "clear and sovereign" answers in both climate and health policy and the question of how to keep the country together.

The Greens draw a different conclusion.

While Union Chancellor candidate Laschet and SPD Chancellor candidate Scholz attacked each other, Baerbock showed concrete solutions to problems in Germany, says Greens federal manager Michael Kellner.

"Annalena Baerbock really showed that she stands for a new departure, for renewal, the other two gentlemen for a 'keep it up'," said Kellner immediately after the broadcast.

Disappointment among the FDP and the left

There were sobering tones after the TV duel from the leaders of the FDP and the left.

“The triell was about a lot of money to be distributed.

Our proposal was not discussed: Education, «wrote FDP leader Christian Lindner on Sunday evening on Twitter.

"Above all, however, there was a lack of ideas on how we could strengthen our economy after the crisis in order to gain funds for social and ecological issues."

Left-wing top candidate Dietmar Bartsch also wrote on Twitter: »Triell was disappointing overall.

Good work, child poverty, inflationary development, equal living conditions in East-West played no role. «On the other hand, it was rightly central to whether his Left Party would be included in a coalition or not.

asc / dpa

Source: spiegel

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