The ruling coalition in Germany of Chancellor Olaf Scholz "will finally remain history", said the leader of the Christian Democratic opposition Friedrich Merz, quoted by DPA and BTA.
Merz, who is the favorite to head the government after the early parliamentary elections in the country tomorrow, spoke last night at the final event of the campaign of his Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Germany must once again take on more responsibility in the European Union, the CDU leader told about 4 thousand people gathered in the "Oberhausen Arena" hall in the city of the same name. He stressed that this requires Europe's largest economy to increase its power and emerge from recession.
Merz criticized Vice Chancellor and Economy Minister Robert Habeck of the "Greens".
He also cited the re-transformation of the "Alternative for Germany" (AfD) into a "marginal phenomenon" as his other task.
The far-right party has consistently maintained its second place after the CDU in public opinion polls. Merz drew much criticism after breaking a taboo by pushing through a law to tighten migration policy with the support of the AfD.
The CDU leader also issued a warning about the re-election of Donald Trump as US president. "We are experiencing a change of government... that could completely redraw the map of the world", he stressed.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz promised to speak clearly in the future, DPA reported.
During the final rally of his German Social Democratic Party (SPD)'s campaign for the country's early parliamentary elections tomorrow, Scholz assured last night that he had learned his lesson from the failed coalition with the "Greens" and the liberal Free Democratic Party.
Like the Christian Democrats, the SPD also chose to close its campaign in Germany's most populous state - North Rhine-Westphalia, but in another city in the western region - Dortmund. The final demonstration of the main opposition force took place in Oberhausen.
Sholz stressed that he still believes in the success of the Social Democrats despite their poor results in opinion polls. The SPD is consistently in third place in the polls, lagging not only behind the Christian Democratic bloc but also behind the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD).
The Social Democratic Party is "much, much stronger than current polls suggest," its leader assured. He noted that the SPD is strong enough "to lead the next government".
We will not cooperate with the AfD, Scholz confirmed and accused the favorite for the chancellorship, the leader of the Christian Democrats, Friedrich Merz, of breaking his word by cooperating with the far-right party to push through legal measures to limit migration.
The DPA sees his words as an attempt to attract voters who have not yet decided which party to vote for.