Top candidates cast their votes on German federal election day
Incumbent Chancellor Scholz and CDU leader Merz cast their votes in Germany's critical election on Sunday, expected to lead to difficult coalition negotiations.
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Incumbent Chancellor Scholz and CDU leader Merz cast their votes in Germany's critical election on Sunday, expected to lead to difficult coalition negotiations.
READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/02/23/top-candidates-cast-their-votes-on-german-federal-election-day
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00:00Incumbent Chancellor Olaf Scholz has cast his vote in Germany's critical election.
00:05Following the collapse of his government coalition last year, the leader of the Social Democratic
00:09Party lost a confidence vote, triggering snap elections.
00:13Voting alongside his wife, Britta Ernst, in Potsdam, Scholz faces stiff competition from
00:18Christian Democratic Union leader Friedrich Merz.
00:21Frontrunner Merz voted in Ansberg, where he shook hands with other voters who were in
00:26the queue for the ballots.
00:29Scholz and Merz voted within minutes of each other on Sunday morning.
00:33Green Party candidate Robert Habeck and far-right alternative for Germany's candidate Alice
00:37Weidel on the other side had cast their votes by mail ahead of election day.
00:43Polls suggest this could be the strongest showing for a far-right party since World
00:47War II.
00:50The election comes amid concerns over Germany's economic stagnation, migration pressures and
00:55uncertainty surrounding Ukraine and Europe's transatlantic alliance.
01:00As the continent's largest economy and most populous EU nation, Germany's leadership will
01:04shape responses to global challenges, including Trump-era trade tensions.