At the “elephant round”, the top politicians of all parliamentary parties will discuss the results of the federal election in 2021 live on TV.
First report from September 26th:
Munich / Berlin - In the federal election 2021 * there will be elections across Germany on September 26th.
According to surveys *, SPD * chancellor candidate Olaf Scholz * can hope to succeed Angela Merkel *.
The Chancellor resigns after 16 years in government, her CDU * party colleague Armin Laschet * is fighting for Merkel's legacy.
The third top candidate in the league is Annalena Baerbock *, who is sent into the race for the Chancellery by the Greens *.
In the evening, all three candidates will take their seats in the program “Berliner Runde”, which will be broadcast live on ARD and ZDF from 8:15 pm.
In addition, with Markus Söder * (CSU *), Alice Weidel (AfD), Christian Lindner (FDP *) and Janine Wissler (Left *), the leaders of all parties represented in the Bundestag take part.
Federal Parliament election 2021: "Elephant Round" (ARD / ZDF) with Scholz, Laschet, Baerbock, Söder, Lindner, Weidel and Wissler
The politicians participating in the so-called “elephant round” will then already know the first projections of the federal election in 2021.
The first coalition options may already be explored by the top executives of the parties.
The discussion will be led by the two experienced journalists Rainald Becker (ARD) and Peter Frey (ZDF).
The “Berliner Runde” looks back on a long tradition; it has been held since 1969 on public TV channels.
In the "elephant round" it was hot several times.
For example, SPD Chancellor Schröder did not want to admit his narrow defeat against Merkel after the 2005 Bundestag election and defiantly proclaimed: “I will remain Federal Chancellor.” As is well known, that did not happen, Angela Merkel became the first woman to become head of government of the Federal Republic of Germany and remained so until 2021 .
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