• yesterday
German parties launch campaigns ahead of the country’s upcoming federal elections set for 23 February.

Category

🗞
News
Transcript
00:00The German federal election is in full swing.
00:05Multiple parties have kicked off their election campaigns
00:08in what's being dubbed as one of the most crucial elections in German history.
00:12The Greens party began their campaign tour in Lübeck,
00:15where some 1,200 people attended.
00:18The event was headlined by Vice-Chancellor Robert Habeck
00:21and Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock.
00:24The Greens were quick to attack their competition,
00:27accusing previous governments under the Christian Democratic Union Party
00:31of plunging the country into economic turmoil.
00:34The Greens promised to continue on the path of making Germany greener
00:38and pledged to continue advancing renewable energy projects.
00:42Habeck says the party's economic outlook is designed
00:45to address issues of concern to ordinary Germans,
00:48like rising rents and scarce job opportunities.
00:52He adds that unlike his rivals,
00:54he will implement policy that will make Germany affordable again.
00:58These are real problems that will not disappear,
01:01even if the majority of the government changes.
01:04And that's why we have to give answers in this election campaign
01:07that take these and other problems, such big problems, seriously
01:12and give answers that are as big as the problems.
01:16We need a policy that is ready to question
01:19what has been set as rules in the past.
01:23The Christian Social Union Party also held a meeting
01:26in preparation for the upcoming elections.
01:29The party organized a three-day event in Bavaria,
01:32which reportedly featured businessmen and foreign politicians as attendees.
01:36The party's chairman, Markus Söder, presented a very different approach,
01:40instead opting to abort green policies,
01:43which he labeled as ineffective and expensive.
01:46His party pledges to vastly increase investment
01:48in areas like the auto industry, research and innovation,
01:51new technology and defense industries.
01:54All areas the CSU accused the ruling coalition of ignoring.
02:16The CSU has already ruled out any possible coalition with the Greens
02:20in the upcoming federal election.
02:23Voters are faced with a critical decision on the 23rd of February
02:27in an election with a lot at stake.

Recommended