Immigration and rendering opening phase dominates
Moderators of debate and two prominent candidates have focused on the initial stages of debate on migration.
A few 15 minutes in the debate, the main issues under discussion are the people who enter or leave Germany, or for Germany (AFD).
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Merz says that the government is also sluggish on irregular stay
Merz admitted that the scools government is “not useless” to deal with irregular stay.
However, he said that the number of exile was still very less than the number of people entering the country illegally. Merz claimed that the difference in the last three years was formed several times from the population of Hanover.
Meanwhile, Sholz stated that “never having difficult laws” compared to their alliances implemented in recent years, saying that better figures in January demonstrated this. The Chancellor predicted that less councils would be constant through 2025.
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9 February, 2025
Scholz Open’s inquiry
The pledge of Frederick Merz’s remote AFD was asked about his doubt before the Chancellor Olaf Sholaz.
Sholaz said that this had become a concern in the light of the migration reform proposal in Parliament.
Meanwhile, Merz reiterated that her party would not cooperate with AFD, saying that she had major differences on main issues including NATO and European Union.
Hey made the nation so disputed that last week, to change the migration law with AFD votes, the AFD formed “cooperation” with the party.
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9 February, 2025
Scholz-Merz debate begins
Two Chancellor candidates have taken the stage and the debate is going on. You can see the DW stream in the top window.
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9 February, 2025
PYSCHOLOGISTS warns against tarnishing refugees
The election campaign in Germany has been affected by several violent crimes in public places, including people who applied for asylum.
According to several elections, the migration policy is the top concern or issue in the voters’ minds before the votes.
Psychologists, however, warns that this attention in public discourse is the risk for a group of people in itself who often faced mental trauma while running away from their homes.
Read the full story of Oliver Pipar here.
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9 February, 2025
On the first day of the debate: Merz did not give any AFD support, Sholaz expressed doubt
Merz spent a CSU party conference before the vote on Saturday in Nurnberg in Bavaria.
He and Bavaria’s state premiere, Marcus Soder, both said that CDU/CSU does not cooperate with AFD under any circumstances after old votes.
Meanwhile, Sholaz said that he no longer found these claims reliable, recently given efforts to change the migration laws with the support of AFD parliamentary.
This campaign led to a coincidence with more public protests in large parts of Merz’s erupting with late immigration party.
Read the full story here.
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9 February, 2025
When does the debate begin?
The duality is about to begin at 8:15 pm German time (1915 GMT/UTC), or 30 minutes time.
DW Television Channel has prepared to broadcast on Debate Live on Air and our YouTube channel.
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How German Chancellor Olaf Sholaz became so unpopular
Despite the poor approval rating, German Chanman Olaf Sholaz is re -running as the top candidate of Social Democrats in the federal election of 2025.
Why did the German government lose support during its tenure?
Read more about why Sholaz’s coalition government became so unpopular.
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CDU leader Frederick Merz wants Chancellori
Conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) President Frederick Merz expected the tree to Suke as the next Chancellor of Germany after the general election on February 23.
Their center-in-right block (CDU/CSU) has long been comfortable in opinion surveys at about 30%for a long time, making Merz the main challenger for Sholas and her center-left social democrats (SPD).
But with a distant option to Germany (AFD), his recent forests triggers shock waves across the country, the protesters collaborated cooperation with the unprecedented violation of the post-war of cooperation.
Read more about Merz’s ambitions to be the new Chancellor of Germany here.
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Welcome to our coverage of scholz-merz debate
We will follow the first major debate on 23 February on 23 February among the heads of the major established parties, Social Democrats (SPD) and Christian Democrats (CDU).
CDU’s Frederick Merz is the current favorite for becoming the next Chancellor of Germany. However, conservatives are unlikely to be sufficient for a majority to form a government without the support of other parties.
The current Chancellor Olaf is facing merz against Sholz, who are expecting that a late bounce of support can make them in the top job.
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