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          Social Democratic nominee Olaf Scholz speaks at a rally in Lueneburg, Germany. Tim Stickings/The National

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          Rival candidates Olaf Scholz, Annalena Baerbock and Armin Laschet go head-to-head in the TV debate. Getty

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          German Chancellor Angela Merkel with some of the schoolchildren who have grown up during her long rule. AFP

          Generation Merkel feels excluded as German election approaches

          EuropeSeptember 19, 2021
          French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes German Chancellor Angela Merkel to the Elysee Palace in Paris on Thursday. EPA

          Macron and Merkel meet in Paris to discuss world’s crises and EU issues

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          The poster on the right says 'Hang the Greens' and was put up by The Third Way, a neo-Nazi party. Shutterstock

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          EuropeSeptember 16, 2021
          Alice Weidel, co-leader of the Alternative for Germany party, claimed the airlift could become a 'gateway for asylum abuse'. EPA

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          German Chancellor Angela Merkel with the Albanian Prime Minister, Edi Rama, in Tirana, Albania. Photo: Reuters

          Angela Merkel calls for trust between Balkans and EU

          EuropeSeptember 13, 2021
          Olaf Scholz (left), Green leader Annalena Baerbock and Armin Laschet, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) candidate for Chancellor prepare to go head to head in an election TV debate in Berlin . AFP

          German election rivals clash in TV debate

          EuropeSeptember 13, 2021
          German Chancellor Angela Merkel says Berlin wants aid organisations to be able to improve the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan. Photo: Reuters

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          Armin Laschet, left, is the nominee of Chancellor Angela Merkel's centre-right bloc to replace her as leader of Germany. EPA

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          EuropeAugust 27, 2021
          German Chancellor Angela Merkel said her party would 'work every day to get a good election result and not look every day at the polls'. Getty Images

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          German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks after a virtual meeting with state premiers about the current coronavirus situation at the Chancellery in Berlin. EPA

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          Armin Laschet, who hopes to become chancellor of Germany, pictured with rival candidate Olaf Scholz, a Social Democrat and the country’s current finance minister. Laschet, of the CDU, lost support after he was filmed laughing as Chancellor Angela Merkel delivered a sombre speech in a flood-stricken town last month. Getty

          Would-be Merkel successor Laschet sees approval rating slump

          EuropeAugust 05, 2021
          Armin Laschet, the leader of Germany's centre-right Christian Democrats, is the latest politician caught in a plagiarism scandal. AFP

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