The top four parties' chancellor candidates, Friedrich Merz, Olaf Scholz, Robert Habeck and Alice Weidel took to the stage for a fiery, televised debate on Sunday evening.
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00:00As Germany is going for an early election in a few days, Chancellor Olaf Scholz and
00:06his main challengers went on TV for a live debate with the opposition leaders.
00:10The Greens candidate Robert Habeck, CDU's leader Friedrich Merz and Alice Weidel of
00:16the far-right Alternative for Germany all shared their views on a wide range of topics.
01:31First of all, I welcome the fact that J.D. Vance, the vice-president of the United States,
01:37has made such a clear statement. He has made himself known for his freedom of expression
01:43and he has made himself known that you are not allowed to build firewalls to exclude
01:48millions of voters from the front line. We have to talk to each other. He has made that
01:52clear. And he has also made it clear, just like Donald Trump, that finally a ceasefire
01:58in Ukraine will be negotiated and peace will be established. That is what the AfD has been
02:04demanding for almost three years now.
02:07The election, which many believe to be the most important one of recent German history,
02:11will take place on the 23rd of February.