The race to succeed Angela Merkel as German chancellor remains wide open ahead of a national election on Sunday, according to the latest polls.
Poll predictions on Saturday point to the center-left Social Democrats holding a small but narrowing lead over Merkel's party, the center-right Christian Democratic Union .Merkel has been a symbol of stability in Europe since she took on the role of chancellor in 2005. But after almost 16 years in the top job, she will step down once it becomes clear who her successor will be.
"I want to achieve that those who work so hard, and earn little, have it a little better," he said.Scholz also referenced the concerns many voters have over climate change. Many young people demonstrated Friday, he said,"and they put their fingers in a wound that is real -- because global climate change has to be stopped and we have to make our contribution here in Germany to make that happen."Sleeping Beauty's forest is dying.
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