Bundestagswahlen 2009

It's Angela 1, Frank 0: Germany has voted

The Germans are talking about Guido Westerwelle, the Belgians bemoan that the ecologists have been banished to fourth place, the Slovenians say watch out for the liberals and the Bulgarians see a similarity in their elections: the European press reacts

by eurotopics @ // 28/09/09

bundestagswahlen 2009, press review, berlin, euweek, angela merkel, german chancellor, cdu/csu

Lazy Bundestag showdown

The uninspired German election campaign will probably continue ailing until elections take place on 27 September. A fibreless TV chancellor duel and lustless candidates have had a somniferous impact on the electing nation. Will Angela Merkel, the most 'powerful woman in the world' over the last four years, seduce the girls? Or will Steinmeier hack into the Russian Facebook community first? Maybe subjects like climate change from eco-showman Guttenberg or the fictional candidate, the comedian Horst Schlämmer, could shake up the dozing federal republic

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