From migration to economy: The high-stakes German elections

There is a rough wind blowing. And the truth is, that will not fundamentally change in the coming years."

Referring

Bernd BaumannmP

A new era is beginning here and now,

said Bernd Baumann, AfD parliamentary group leader

The economy has been struggling with the consequences ever since,

Scholz said

That is a responsibility that you cannot evade, and we will not evade it either."

Merz has been speaking of the "political responsibility" for the traditional parties to come together to solve Germany's problems, telling the SPD and the Greens

Friedrich MerzcDU leader

You tried for three years to implement left-wing policies in Germany. You cannot continue with that anymore,

said Friedrich Merz, the chancellor candidate for the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU).

If that does not succeed, then we will no longer be dealing with only 20% right-wing populism,

he said