Germany's election race stepped up a gear on Sunday night during a heated TV debate between the three contenders vying to lead the country after the Sept. 26 vote.
Olaf Scholz, Germany's current finance minister and the candidate for the Socialist Democratic Party, which is currently leading voter polls, put up a solid performance against rivals.
Laschet — who the CDU/CSU hopes can succeed outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel — certainly used the debate as an opportunity to attack Scholz's record in the finance ministry, "You can see how things are being misrepresented," Scholz said on Sunday evening. "Mr Laschet you have to take the blame for that very clearly. There was no investigation of the Federal Ministry of Finance and it's not the case that the public prosecutor's office … had any questions in an investigation against this ministry or the Ministry of Justice. You created this false impression on purpose," he said.
Most viewers found the Greens' candidate the most likeable of the three contenders, although Scholz was not far behind, with 34%. Laschet's likeability rating was a low 18%, however, a rating which ARD said could have been because of his more aggressive debating style and interrupting of the other contenders.
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