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Posters for Annalena Baerbock, Olaf Scholz and Armin Laschet in the final weeks of the German election campaign. AP
Posters for Annalena Baerbock, Olaf Scholz and Armin Laschet in the final weeks of the German election campaign. AP
Germany frets over election as 'brand Merkel' overshadows the race
Olaf Scholz leads polls as Armin Laschet struggles to escape chancellor's shadow