Germany’s Same Old Election
Germany’s current parliamentary election campaign looks like a genuine contender for the most boring in the Federal Republic’s recent history. What is most remarkable is how the major parties have managed to marginalize the historical events that overshadow the vote.
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BERLIN – Germany’s current parliamentary election campaign looks like a front-running contender for the title of the most boring in the history of the Federal Republic. The predominant response among commentators to the sole television debate between Chancellor Angela Merkel and her challenger, Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, held two weeks before the election, was a collective yawn – all the more remarkable considering the historical events that overshadow this election.