Federal election 2025: Scholz: “Fritze Merz likes to tell nonsense”
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15 Articles
Compared to Hungarian politics, it was a smile, but in German it was unusually sharp, as the German Chancellor, who lost the vote of confidence, spoke about the leader of the CDU.
"Fritze Merz likes to talk nonsense" - Chancellor Scholz's statement is causing a stir. The fact that he used Low German to do so has been met with mixed reactions by Low German speakers in the Bundestag. After Olaf Scholz (SPD)'s "nonsense" dig at CDU leader Friedrich Merz, the CDU is hitting back in Low German. Andreas Mattfeldt (CDU) from the Low German parliamentary group told the German Press Agency that he would be happy if the Low German …
Robert Habeck presented his party's election campaign program in Berlin. The Greens are now "grounded in real life," he claims. The Union uses its program presentation to criticize Scholz. The Chancellor responds immediately. More in the live ticker.
Shortly after losing the vote of confidence, Chancellor Scholz personally attacked the CDU candidate for chancellor, Merz, on ZDF. This was promptly met with outraged reactions - including from Merz himself.
The Chancellor accuses the CDU leader of spreading nonsense about him - he objects to this. Before the election, the two will face each other in two TV debates, moderated by Günther Jauch, among others. The Greens are presenting their election program - now in a live stream.
After the vote of confidence, the election campaign is in the middle of the election campaign. Chancellor Scholz is targeting the CDU leader, who is calling for more respect.
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