Top candidates cast their votes on German federal election day

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Top candidates cast their votes on German federal election day  Incumbent Chancellor Scholz and CDU leader Merz cast their votes in Germany's critical election on Sunday, expected to lead to difficult coalition negotiations.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/02/23/top-candidates-cast-their-votes-on-german-federal-election-day  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00Incumbent Chancellor Olaf Scholz has cast his vote in Germany's critical election.

00:05Following the collapse of his government coalition last year, the leader of the Social Democratic

00:09Party lost a confidence vote, triggering snap elections.

00:13Voting alongside his wife, Britta Ernst, in Potsdam, Scholz faces stiff competition from

00:18Christian Democratic Union leader Friedrich Merz.

00:21Frontrunner Merz voted in Ansberg, where he shook hands with other voters who were in

00:26the queue for the ballots.

00:29Scholz and Merz voted within minutes of each other on Sunday morning.

00:33Green Party candidate Robert Habeck and far-right alternative for Germany's candidate Alice

00:37Weidel on the other side had cast their votes by mail ahead of election day.

00:43Polls suggest this could be the strongest showing for a far-right party since World

00:47War II.

00:50The election comes amid concerns over Germany's economic stagnation, migration pressures and

00:55uncertainty surrounding Ukraine and Europe's transatlantic alliance.

01:00As the continent's largest economy and most populous EU nation, Germany's leadership will

01:04shape responses to global challenges, including Trump-era trade tensions.

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