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After 16 years: Germany today chooses a replacement for Merkel
The close battle between the Conservatives and the Social Democrats continues until the opening of the polls, which will close in the evening.
A warning replaces the victory of the Social Democrats, who do not rule out a government with the extreme left.
The coalition talks may last for months and leave Europe and the world in suspense
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Sunday, 26 September 2021, 08:45
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German citizens are voting today (Sunday) in the parliamentary elections, which are expected to end without a clear decision according to the polls, with the Social Democrats (SPD) from the center-left posing a significant challenge to the conservatives of outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Merkel has been in power since 2005, but she will retire after the election and form a new government so the vote today will shape the new era in Europe's largest economy.
More than 60 million citizens aged 18 and over have the right to vote in elections, and the polls will close at 18:00 (19:00 Israel time).
Since no party will win enough seats to govern alone, talks on forming a new coalition may take several months during which Merkel will remain as chancellor as caretaker prime minister.
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Recruit Merkel by his side.
Conservative candidate for Asht and Chancellor at the Aachen rally yesterday (Photo: Reuters)
At a rally in his constituency in Aachen yesterday, conservative candidate Armin Lasht warned that a left-wing alliance led by the Social Democrats along with the Greens and the far-left Di Linke party would undermine European stability.
"They want us to pull out of NATO, they do not want this alliance, they want another republic," said the 60-year-old machete, Merkel's side. "I do not want my breasts Linke will be in the next government."
Facing a machete faced Olaf Scholz, Finance Minister Merkel's coalition. according to opinion polls, he won all three debates between candidates were broadcast on television in recent weeks.
Schultz, 63, currently Merkel's deputy, did not rule out the establishment of a leftist government, but stressed that NATO membership is a Red for the party.
NATO membership is a red line for him. The Social Democrat candidate Schultz at a rally in Potsdam, yesterday (Photo: Reuters)
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