THE pre -election match He is heading towards the end – with him will end the anxiety of the German citizens, who will vote on the composition of the next federal government on Sunday. A plethora of comments in the German press refer to the pre -election climate and rhetoric of the parties. Let’s look at some of them:

The weekly magazine Spiegel He observes that “nothing is as we knew it anymore, everything has changed, they have come down the world.” The author is anything but optimistic – for the political scene in Germanybut also worldwide: “Anyone who believed that things would not be so bad before the (American) elections of November 5, 2024, now knows that everything can get worse than he imagined. Something that applies to Germany. The framework, which gives stability to the state, collapses, because almost nothing of all those that matters to Germany does not matter to the world of Donald Trump.

The winners of the Bundestag elections, the new Chancellor and his coalition, are confronted with a challenge in foreign policy and security policy that no other government has encountered since 1949. They must redefine the country itself, and to some extent the country, and This without losing her identity and values. What is part of this German framework? Free trade is a part of it, Lathan Pasifism, the cohesion of liberal democracies, multiplicity, idealism and the belief in the power of good, the convenient lack of independence, after walking as a child holding the hand of Americans. Trump pulled his hand and now the child has to walk alone. ” But where does the journalist himself see some hope to change something? According to the report, “the new Chancellor will have to do everything to ensure that the EU will evolve into a great power, a liberal, with good intentions and peaceful at its base, but will have teeth to show, when he negotiates with other great powers. Germany needs a chancellor who perceives itself as a European. “

In the same climate, the TAZ newspaper commented that the election results are probably a deadlock with Merz at the end of it – but it also refers to a positive aspect:

“In these times, some may make their decisions on the vote by ignoring certain things and ignoring their instincts. Mobilizations across the country, where millions of people are protesting against the far -right, are a small ray of hope. However, although it is one of the biggest protest movements in German history, almost nothing has changed in political rhetoric. What remains is a sense of impaired and the realization that nothing can prevent Friedrich Mertz from becoming Chancellor. The Left is the only party that wants “not to rule, but to bring change”. This is, however, an answer to a question that no one has asked. Because in addition to the fact that the party was worried until recently about whether it would enter Bundestag, the possibility of participating in the government under the CDU is excluded. “

No voting intention. Eh?

“One quarter of voters in Germany has stated in investigations that it is still undecided about its voting intention. These voters may also determine the election result, “said Frankfurter Rundschau. The fact that they do not yet know who to vote is a sign of frustration, the report points out. “But who could blame them? The numerous peesca that promise the parties pre -election, of which almost none are capable, it is reasonable to bring distrust. “

“If you are still wondering who to vote on Sunday, be sure there are many who have the same problem,” writes Süddeutsche Zeitung – the issue seems to be of concern to many citizens and many journalists.

“The vote is a right, not an obligation. That is why no one is called upon to vote: citizens are informed that they can exercise their right to vote. And this is an expression of freedom, “the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung says in its columns. “Choosing to stay at home on Sunday of the election or not to use the ballots behind the bumps is also a form of freedom. When one makes such a decision, he makes a clear attitude, that is, he chooses to let others decide for him. “